Vietnam War
This term was coined by President Richard Nixon and refers to 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 that sticks to your skin
What is napalm?
Dangerous Herbicide used to destroy vegetation in the Vietnam countryside
What is Agent Orange?
What was the U.S policy that aimed to stop the spreads of Communism around the world.
Containment
This system randomly selected young men for military service during the Vietnam War.
What is the Military Draft.
A way that the Vietcong were able to escape B52 bomber planes and gas.
What is underground tunnels
The Planes that the United States used to fight against the Vietcong.
What are B52 Bomber planes
Rebel leader who demanded independence for Vietnam and led a communist movement in North Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
Name of the US President that sent the first combat troops over to fight in Vietnam.
Who is LBJ
This communist country supported North Vietnam with weapons, advisors, and supplies during the war.
Who is the Soviet Union.
This South Vietnamese (democratic) president was overthrown and assassinated in a 1963 military coup.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem
A holiday in Vietnam that is traditionally a time of peace
Tet
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? (Named after the leader in the North)
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Type of warfare fought by the Vietcong in South Vietnam?
What is guerrilla warfare
This Asian communist nation also supported North Vietnam and provided training and resources.
What is China.
Served as President Nixon's National Security Advisor
Who is Henry Kissinger
This event in 1964 led to the United States to increase its military involvement in Vietnam (Had to do with the attack of one of our ships)
What is the Gulf of Tonkin.
President who sent advisors to Vietnam
JFK
This piece of legislation severely limited the President's powers when it came to utilizing the military
What is the War Powers Act?
This term refers to 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?
This event was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam (Happened on a Vietnamese Holiday)
What is the Tet Offensive?
The winner of the 1968 Presidential election
Richard Nixon
Campaign of systematic bombing of North Vietnam. This bombing would continue off and on for the next seven years.
What is Rolling Thunder?
This group of soldiers often faced negative treatment when they returned home from Vietnam.
Who are the Vietnam Veterans.