Ch 22 Sections 2-5

Question 0

The Vietminh fought this country during WWII

Answer 0

Japan

Question 1

Paths through Laos and Cambodia used by the Vietcong and NVA

Answer 1

Ho Chi Minh trail

Question 2

The French were forced out of Vietnam after this battle

Answer 2

Dien bien phu

Question 3

After the U.S.S. Maddox was attacked Congress passed this resolution

Answer 3

Golf of Tonkin resolution

Question 4

French Indochina was made up of these three countries

Answer 4

Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam

Question 5

Sec. of Defense under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations

Answer 5

Robert McNamara

Question 6

Commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam

Answer 6

William westmoreland

Question 7

U.S. and allied soldiers who infiltrated VC tunnels

Answer 7

Tunnel rats

Question 8

This was a leaf killing chemical used by the U.S.

Answer 8

Agent orange

Question 9

Growing distrust of what the government and administration was saying about the war in Vietnam

Answer 9

Credibility gap

Question 10

Name one way that people were able to get a deferment

Answer 10

College, medical, national guard, coast guard

Question 11

What does SDS stand for?

Answer 11

Students for a Democratic Society

Question 12

Those who are for the war

Answer 12

Hawks

Question 13

Where did many “draft dodgers” flee to?

Answer 13

Canada

Question 14

The draft is/was also known as…

Answer 14

The selective service system

Question 15

What is the holiday of Tet?

Answer 15

Vietnamese new year

Question 16

Who won the Tet Offensive?

Answer 16

US, South Vietnam

Seen as a domestic defeat though

Question 17

This man killed Robert Kennedy

Answer 17

Sirhan sirhan

Question 18

Who was the Republican nominee for President in 1968

Answer 18

Richard m. Nixon

Question 19

This man ran for president on the American Independent Party ticket

Answer 19

George Wallace

Question 20

S. Vietnam forces taking more active role in the fighting

Answer 20

Vietnamization

Question 21

How many Americans died in Vietnam

Answer 21

58,000

Question 22

Moderate mainstream Americans who silently support the war and policies

Answer 22

Silent majority

Question 23

This operation relocated 3300 Vietnamese children

Answer 23

Operation Baby Lift

Question 24

President must provide Congress with 48 hours notice to commit troops to combat

Answer 24

War powers act

Question 25

•Give me the specific date when the last American troops left Vietnam

Answer 25

March 29, 1973

Question 26

Impact of the Vietnam war

Answer 26

26th amendment - 18 yrs old to vote, not 21 Nixon Abolished the draft War powers act Americans suspicious of govt giving misleading info & consider risks before intervening in the affairs of other nations Veterans seen as baby killers Pow/Mia issue lingered

Question 27

Conditions of Peace with Honor

Answer 27

US remove all troops North vietnam could leave troops in SV Provision for POW & MIA

Question 28

President microns escalation of vietnam war in Cambodia and Laos

Answer 28

Most massive US bombing commences Bombed NV so they would talk peace Doves thought it may have prompted reaction from China and SU

Question 29

Who release the pentagon papers?

Answer 29

Daniel Ellsberg

Question 30

Pentagon papers

Answer 30

Leaked document to the press revealing that the U.S. gov lied about its intentions of Vietnam We stayed in the war so we didn't look bad, no plan to pull out US troops.

Question 31

Why did the U.S. choose to enter the Vietnam war

Answer 31

Wanted to contain communism

Question 32

1968 events that made the U.S. look bad

Answer 32

My Lai Tet Offensive Anti-war demonstrators converged on the city of Chicago to protest at the democratic national convention (Mlk and bobby Kennedy were assassinated)

Question 33

Why was the Tet offensive considered a domestic defeat?

Answer 33

US won by numbers (body count) but domestically, we were defeated. It greatly shook the American public which had been told repeatedly and had come to believe that the enemy was close to defeat (Cred. Gap widened extremely)

Question 34

The draft & impact on the poor and minorities

Answer 34

``` Working class war, many blacks -> caused racial tension Only the financially well off could avoid the draft Racism led to low morale ```