History of Vietnam war review

The charismatic leader of North Vietnam was named… Ho Chi Minh... American troops entered Vietnam in what year?1965... What two foreign nations controlled Vietnam before the Vietnam war

Vietnam War Review

The charismatic leader of North

Vietnam was named…

Ho Chi Minh

The South Vietnamese that

sided with the communists were

called

Vietcong

American troops entered Vietnam in what year?

1965

What two foreign nations controlled Vietnam before the

Vietnam war began?

Under the French, Vietnam was

called …

French Indochina

The fall of this city signified the

end of French occupation

Supplies for the Vietcong

traveled from N Vietnam along

the _

Ho Chi Minh Trail

What is the belief that if one country fell to communism others would soon fall as well

called?

The Domino Theory

This document gave LBJ full authority to do what he wished

in Vietnam

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Why were the elections of 1956

cancelled in Vietnam?

Because the Americans and South

Vietnamese thought Ho Chi Minh would

What religion was Diem? He persecuted people of what

religion?

Catholicism; Buddhism

This major North Vietnamese

offensive is often considered the

turning point of the war

These two cities experienced the most fighting during the Tet

Offensive

Saigon, Hue

Peace agreements that settled both the Korean and French-Indochina wars occurred in this

city

Geneva

North Vietnamese and the

Vietcong applied battle tactics categorized as

warfare

guerilla

This document lessened the power of the President during

wartime

War Powers Act

Name the winners of the US elections of ‘64, ’68, and ’72.

Johnson, Nixon, Nixon

These two men were both

assassinated in 1968

Robert Kennedy, MLK Jr.

This third party candidate in the

election of 1968 won 48

electoral votes

George Wallace

What was the name of Johnson’s Vice President?

The Democratic National Convention of 1968 occurred in

what city?

Chicago

Someone who supported

immediate withdrawal from

Vietnam was called a _

The 1970 shooting of 4 college

students occurred at this university in this state

Kent State University, Ohio

National guards were posted on the Kent State campus after college

students burned down the ROTC building as a response to what

action by President Nixon?

Invasion of Cambodia

A massacre occurred in this

Vietnamese town

My Lai

The Lieutenant that ordered this

shooting was named…

Calley

These papers leaked to the NY Times in 1971 revealed that LBJ had twisted the truth regarding

the war

Pentagon Papers

In Nixon’s 1969 speech urging America to unify in their ideas about the war, he appealed to

what section of the US

population?

What is the name for the first sustained bombing attack on North Vietnam that occurred in

early 1965?

A supposed attack on this US ship, led to the Tonkin Gulf

Resolution

Why did LBJ decide not to run

for president in 1968?

Did not want to deal with the war anymore or

the party divisions it caused

Place the following events in

chronological order: Tet Offensive, Tonkin Gulf Resolution, My Lai

Massacre, Battle in Ia Drang Valley

TG, Ia Drang, Tet, My Lai

The growing youth movement in the late 1960s was known as

the…

New Left

Approximately how many men (to the nearest thousand) did the US lose during the Vietnam

War?

58,000

Who led American troops during

the Vietnam War?

General William Westmoreland

Two American weapons dropped from planes that tried

to destroy the jungle cover, making Vietcong more visible

Names of the two secretaries of

defense under Johnson

McNamara, Clifford

This individual did most of America’s negotiating with Hanoi in hopes of ending the

war

This important new mode of transportation assisted the United States during the

Vietnam War

helicopter

The existence of _ allowed the Vietcong to inflict many surprise attacks on the

Americans and ARVN

What happened to the Great

Society program in the US as the Vietnam War continued?

Lost money and funding, taxes had to rise to compensate but still couldn’t develop fully