60s

Question 1

French Indochina

Answer 1

Colonized France

- included Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

Question 2

Down Bien Phu

Answer 2

The place were the French are defeated during the fight of Vietnam independence

Question 3

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 3

• Leader of the fight for Vietnam independence from France

* Led communist North

Question 4

Viet Cong

Answer 4

• Communist supporters in the South Vietnam

- Part of NLF, tought for North

Question 5

Gulf of Tonkin

Answer 5

• US destroys fired upon by North Vietnam

* Congress gave Johnson full authority to lead in military troops in Vietnam

Question 6

Escalation

Answer 6

• Increase in troops and bombs

* Weapon increase

Question 7

Operation Rolling Thunder

Answer 7

• Americans bombing raids in Vietnam

* 864,000 tons of bombs dropped in about 4 years

Question 8

17th Parallel

Answer 8

Where Geneva conference decided to split communist and capitalist in Vietnam

Question 9

Napalm and Agent Orange

Answer 9

• Chemical weapons
• Caused mass destruction in vietnam
• Flammable , killed back jungle
• Used by US

Question 10

Counter-Culture

Answer 10

• Protest of the war

* Led by Hippies and Flower Children

Question 11

Vietnamization

Answer 11

• Nixions secret plan to end the war

* Secretly carpet bombing Hanoi and invading Cambodia

Question 12

Credibility Gap

Answer 12

“gap” between the reality of a situation + what politicians/government agencies say

• LBJ description of Vietnam + realities of Vietnam

Question 13

Kent State Shootings

Answer 13

• Students protest war

* Shoots and kills 4 people

Question 14

War Act Powers

Answer 14

• President send forces only with congress approval
• Unless emergency like; attack on US territory, possessions, armed forces
• Must notify congress 48 hours before attack. Attack must only last 60 days

Question 15

How did the US involvement in Vietnam increase during the presidecene of Eisenhower , Kennedy , LBJ ?

Answer 15

• Eisenhower: worked with communist threat. Put Ngo Dinh Diem as democratic candidate for Vietnam
• Kennedy: overthrew Diem and stops election
• LBJ: escalates into war

Question 16

Who were the Vietcong and how did they “hide in plain sight “ ?

Answer 16

• Vietcong : communist supporters in South

• Dug underground tunnels,
hid in them and popped out with guns for surprise attacks

Question 17

How did the Media/TV impact Americans views on Vietnam War ?

Answer 17

• First TV war
• Americans saw brutality of war
• Music/ TV made people get behind the movement of anti war + belief we would never win

Question 18

How did the Americans show opinions regarding the war ? Impact on war ?

Answer 18

• protest war by holding rallies to spread opinions

* grew homefront support and distrust of government

Question 19

What was Nixions plan to win the war ? What did “Peace with Honor” mean ?

Answer 19

• plan to leave Vietnam without US declared a loser

* did this by slowly pulling out of Vietnam and increase in South Vietnam involvement

Question 20

How did Vietnam war change Americas view of government?

Answer 20

Proved the government to be secretive, untrustworthy and defeatable