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This communist leader led North Vietnam and became a symbol of Vietnamese resistance against foreign powers.
Ho Chi Minh
This weapon was made out of a mixture of a jellied substance and a burning substance.
napalm
Dangerous Herbicide used to destroy vegetation in the Vietnam countryside
Agent Orange
Type of warfare used by the Vietcong in South Vietnam?
guerrilla warfare
After the war, Vietnam was reunified under this form of government
Communist
The belief that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow
Domino Theory
Who won the Vietnam War?
North Vietnam
South Vietnamese communists who rebelled against the South Vietnamese government; the military
Viet Cong
Vietnam was split along the ___________
17th parallel
Why did the US back Ngo Dinh Diem as President of South Vietnam?
Catholic and anti-communist, thought they could control him or they had no other option
This agreement temporarily divided Vietnam into North and South and called for elections to reunify the country.
Geneva Accords
Served as an oppressive President of South Vietnam from 1955 until he was captured and assassinated during the 1963 military coup
Ngo Dinh Diem
This country controlled Vietnam as a colony since the 1800s.
France
What is the name of the trail that the North Vietnam Army used to send supplies to the Vietcong?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
What was the US military tactic regarding villages in South Vietnam called?
search and destroy
Which U.S. president began sending military advisors to support South Vietnam in the 1950s?
Dwight Eisenhower
Coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam
Tet Offensive
The US gov policy regarding communism
Containment
Why were US soldiers getting frustrated?
VC were difficult to attack, they would ambush US troops and disappear into tunnels or bushes etc. Civilians would also help to hide VC
In which year was a nationwide election supposed to take place to reunify Vietnam?
1956
What was the name of the leaked US government documents that were posted by the New York Times?
Pentagon Papers
Ngo Dinh Diem supposedly won the election in South Vietnam with how many of the votes? (number or %)
98.2%
US President who increased number of troops to Vietnam and was assassinated in 1963
John F. Kennedy
US President that sent the first combat troops over to fight in Vietnam.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Name of place where US university students protesting the war were killed by the National Guard.
Kent State University