The Vietnam War

Question 1

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Answer 1

August 1964
North Vietnamese boats fired at the USS Maddox.
A few days later the Maddox and the Turner joy were patrolling when they report being shot at again

Question 2

Tonkin resolution

Answer 2

Gave Johnson unlimited power to wage war

Question 3

Vietnam War Death Toll

Answer 3

58,000 dead

150,000 wounded

Question 4

Financial Costs

Answer 4

$30 billion annually (under Johnson)

$150 billion in total

Question 5

Search and destroy missions

Answer 5

Revenge burning of villages

Question 6

My Lai Massacre

Answer 6

16th March 1968
A company of American soldiers brutally murdered most of the people.
Most a which were women children and older men

Question 7

Tet offensive

Answer 7

1968 Vietnamese new year

The Vietcong and north Vietnamese launched a surprise attack on all major cities of South Vietnam

Question 8

How many were killed as a result of the tet offensive?

Answer 8

4,000 US troops
60,000 communists
2,000 SV army
15,000 civilians

Question 9

Operation Rolling Thunder

Answer 9

Air bombardment of North Vietnamese