History.. again....

Question 1

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Answer 1

give President Johnson the power to send more troops to Vietnam

Question 2

More boots on the ground

Answer 2

General Westmoreland wanting more soldiers

Question 3

Agent Orange

Answer 3

A leaf killing toxin that was sprayed from planes

Question 4

War of attrition

Answer 4

To wear them down

Question 5

Tet Offensive

Answer 5

a surprise attack on a Buddhist holiday

Question 6

Mai Lai Massacre

Answer 6

Search and Destroy to find the Viet Cong

Question 7

Vietnamization

Answer 7

Honorably gradually withdrawing troops

Question 8

War Powers Act

Answer 8

President must inform Congress within 48 hours of sending troops into a hostile area

Question 9

Gulf of Tonkin

Answer 9

when the U.S. destroyer Maddox steamed into the coastal waters of North Vietnam (was allegedly attacked)

Question 10

Napalm-gasoline based bombs

Answer 10

set fire to jungles

Question 11

This country originally colonized Vietnam and tried to take it back after WWII.

Answer 11

France

Question 12

The leader of Vietnam’s independence movement.

Answer 12

Ho Chi Minh

Question 13

Vietcong

Answer 13

A rebel group that fought against Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam & were supported by North Vietnam.

Question 14

The Great Society

Answer 14

A program by Johnson that suffered due to the Vietnam War

Question 15

Napalm

Answer 15

Flammable jelly was used by the U.S. in the war against the enemy.