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The region governed by France since the late 1800s, containing Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, was called:
What is Indochina?
The violent clashes between police and protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention led to:
What was the public perception of chaos that helped Nixon's campaign?
This general's war strategy was called "war of attrition" or gradually wearing the enemy down.
Who was General William Westmoreland?
These were the three main methods the US military used to try and destroy the Vietcong.
What were: search and destroy, napalm, and agent orange?
This was the result of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
What was he would seek negotiations to end the war and would not run for another presidential term?
This was the name of the pro communist group Ho Chi Minh helped found in 1940.
What is the Vietminh?
This action by Nixon directly contradicted the idea of withdrawing with 'peace and honor'.
What was secretly ordering massive bombing campaigns?
The Tet Offensive of 1968 was:
What was a surprise, widespread attack by the Vietcong on towns and US bases that changed the public's opinion of the war?
This rule was added in 1966 to draft deferment for students.
What was being in good academic standing in order to defer?
The draft disproportionately affected these groups.
Who were lower class white men and people of color?
This was the reason many Vietnam veterans received such a cold homecoming.
What was widespread opposition to the war and revelations of government secrecy that created hostility to returning soldiers?
This is the northern Vietnamese city where Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnamese indpendence.
What is Hanoi?
Ngo Dinh Diem refused to hold nationwide elections in 1956, with US support, for this reason.
What is, he feared losing due to Ho Chi Minh's popularity?
The My Lai Massacre did this to American public opinion of the Vietnam War.
What was demonstrating moral and ethical costs of the Vietnam War?
He was a third party candidate who helped divide the 1968 vote.
Who was George Wallace of Alabama?
The Free Speech Movement began at this university with a focus on this issue.
What was University of California Berkeley and free speech for students?
This event led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
What is the attack on the USS Maddox by north Vietnamese patrol boats?
This was the intended purpose of the Christmas Bombings of Hanoi and Haiphong in 1972.
What was pressure on North Vietnam to agree to US terms to end the war?
This was a pro communist group operating in southern Vietnam.
What is the Vietcong?
This path through Laos and Cambodia provided supplies to the Vietcong.
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
By 1967, Secretary of Defense McNamara had:
What was resigned and later stated that the US's involvement in the Vietnam War had been a mistake?
This best describes the New Left.
What is a movement demanding sweeping changes in American society led by students?
What was enrolling in college and receiving a deferment?
What was transferring combat responsibility to South Vietnamese forces while withdrawing US forces?