Vietnam War
The gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops in order for the South Vietnamese to take on a more active combat role in the war
What is Vietnamization?
This weapon was made out of a mixture of a jellied substance and a burning substance.
What is napalm?
What is Agent Orange?
This term was used to describe the public’s distrust of the Johnson Administration about the war’s progress
Credibility Gap
Who is the President that coined the term "silent majority"?
Who is Richard Nixon?
This U.S. president began sending military advisors to support South Vietnam in the 1950s.
Dwight Eisenhower
What was the name of the leaked government documents that were posted by the New York Times?
Who is the Pentagon Papers?
South Vietnamese communists who rebelled against the South Vietnamese government; the military
What is Viet Cong?
Name of the US President that sent the first combat troops over to fight in Vietnam.
Who is LBJ
Federal law passed in 1973, aimed to limit the president's ability to commit US troops
What is the War Powers Act?
This agreement temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel and called for elections to reunify the country.
What are the Geneva Accords
Who won the Vietnam War?
What is North Vietnam?
This country controlled Vietnam as a colony since the 1800s.
What is France?
What is the name of the trail that the North Vietnam Army used to send supplies to the Vietcong?
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Type of warfare fought by the Vietcong in South Vietnam?
What is guerrilla warfare
This communist leader led North Vietnam and became a symbol of Vietnamese resistance against foreign powers.
Ho Chi Minh
Served as an oppressive President of South Vietnam from 1955 until he was captured and assassinated during the 1963 military coup
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
This authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This type of military policy, criticized during the Vietnam War, required young men to serve in the armed forces
What is the Draft?
After the war, Vietnam was reunified under this form of government
What is a communist government?
The belief that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow
What is the Domino Theory?
Coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam
What is the Tet Offensive?
What is containing communism?
This phrase, used by President Nixon, referred to Americans who supported the war but didn’t protest publicly
What is the silent majority?
The massacre at this location highlighted President Nixon's desire to keep "Law and Order" domestically in the face of public opposition to the Vietnam War
Where is Kent State?