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 man led North Vietnam's fight to reunify North and South Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
What is Agent Orange?
The NLF was organized in 1960 by anti-South Vietnamese groups. It was controlled by former communist Vietminh cadres who had fought against the ______________.
Who were the French?
Why did South Vietnamese military leaders overthrow Diem (leader of South Vietnam)?
Kennedy told the generals that the U.S. wouldn’t be opposed to an overthrow
The My Lai massacre was when a company of ________________ soldiers brutally killed mostly women, children, and the elderly in this village on March 16, 1968
Who were American?
In 1970, President Nixon announced that American forces would bomb which country?
What is Cambodia?
South Vietnamese communists who rebelled against the South Vietnamese government; the military
What is Viet Cong?
The Viet Minh were North Vietnamese communist supporters of this leader.
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
Cambodia was communist after the Vietnam War. True or False?
True
Search and Destroy mission were offensive military operations undertaken by this country's military during the Vietnam War.
Who is the United States?
The battle of Dien Bien Phu led to the full surrendering of this country's army and withdrawal from Vietnam.
Who are the French?
This country controlled Vietnam as a colony since the 1800s.
What is France?
What did Ho Chi Minh hope to achieve after the end of WWII?
How did the Vietnam War finally end in 1975?
with North Vietnam gaining control of all of Vietnam?
The war between the French and the _____________ was called the French Indochina War.
Who were the North Vietnamese?
Ngo Dinh Diem was the President of ________ Vietnam from 1955 until he was captured and assassinated during the 1963 military coup
What is South Vietnam?
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?
Hamlets were fortified villages to prevent contact with communist Vietcong guerrillas. Who were forced to move to these villages?
Who are Vietnamese peasants?
After Vietnam, the War Powers Act severely limited the President's powers when it came to utilizing what role?
What is the commander in chief?
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?
The US became involved in the war because of containing communism and keeping __________ as an ally after WWII.
Who was France?
Rolling Thunder was name given to the systematic bombing of this country.
What is North Vietnam?
Four innocent bystanders were killed at this university as a response to the invasion of Cambodia and 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?