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Prisoner of war
What is a P.O.W.
100
An herbicide used as a chemical weapon during the Vietnam War to kill vegetation and expose enemy hiding places.
What is Agent Orange
100
The dropping of a large concentration of bombs over a certain area.
What is Saturation Bombing
100
Term used by President Nixon to describe Americans who opposed the counterculture.
What is Silent Majority
100
New political movement of the late 1960s that called f0r radical changes to fight poverty and racism.
What is the New Left
200
Missing in action
What is M.I.A.
200
A person who opposes war on moral or religious grounds.
What is a Conscientious Objector
200
Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam.
What is Viet Cong
200
President Nixon's policy of replacing American military forces with those of South Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization
200
1964 Congressional resolution authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam.
What is Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
300
Highly flammable chemical dropped from U.S. planes during firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War
What is Napalm
300
Official postponement, as in a postponement of compulsory military service.
What is Deferment
300
Common name for the League for Independence of Vietnam.
What is Vietminh ( Viet-nymph)
300
This was the state Forrest was from
What is Alabama
300
A 1954 international conference in which Vietnam was divided into two nations.
What is Geneva Accords
400
Belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would likewise fall. Falling like .......
What is Domino Theory
400
1968 attack by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces throughout South Vietnam.
What is the Tet Offensive
400
These people where draft eligible, but also they opposed war and promoted peace and love
Who are Hippies/ Counter Culture
400
A supply route used to carry troops and supplies from North Vietnam to South Vietnam.
What is Ho Chi Minh Trail
400
The 1954-1975 58,000 US soldiers where killed
What is The Vietnam War
500
Expansion by stages, as from a local to a national conflict. When problems in a situation rise rapidly. That__________ quickly....
What is Escalation/escalate
500
Negotiations between the United States and North Vietnam, beginning in 1968.
What is Paris Peace talks
500
She was the love interest of Forrest Gump, she did many things but ended up passing away
Who is Jenny
500
This was the college football team Forrest was a star for
What is Alabama
500
Who did Forrest meet in his home, that became one of the most famous musicians of all time
What is Elvis Presley