U9 L4 The Vietnam War And Invasions (PART 1)

Question 1

Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos were part of what place before WWII?

Answer 1

French Indochina

Question 2

During WWII, French Indochina was occupied by who who?

Answer 2

Japanese

Question 3

Who were the Vietminh? Who led them?

Answer 3

• communist group opposing French

- Ho Chi Minh, nationalist

Question 4

In 1954 the Vietminh defeated the French at which Battle?

Answer 4

Dien Bien Phu

Question 5

After the battle of Dien Bien Phu, what did the peace treaty signed at Geneva grant?

Answer 5

• self govt to Cambodia and Laos

- Vietnam divided at 17 parallel

Question 6

After the Geneva Accords, where did Ho Chi Minh set up a Communist govt?

Answer 6

North Vietnam

Question 7

After the Geneva Accords, South Vietnam was controlled by who?

Answer 7

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 8

Was Diem actually a corrupt and autocratic ruler?

Answer 8

yes

Question 9

The Communists in North Vietnam had many supporters where?

Answer 9

South Vietnam

Question 10

What was the Viet Cong?

Answer 10

South Vietnamese Communist guerrillas

Question 11

In the early 1960s, Diem, a Roman Catholic, faced protests from who?

Answer 11

South Vietnam’s Buddhist population

Question 12

Which US president supported a group of South Vietnamese generals that opposed Diem?

Answer 12

John F Kennedy

Question 13

The South V generals, which Kennedy supported, carried a military coup in what year, in which Diem was killed?

Answer 13

1963

Question 14

After Diem’s death, was the new South Vietnamese govt successful?

Answer 14

no, more corrupt, viewed as American creation

Question 15

What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

Answer 15

gave president authority to increase US involvement in Vietnam

Question 16

Were the Americans better equipped/supplied than the Vietnamese Communist guerrillas?

Answer 16

yes

Question 17

The US did bombing in NV in attempt to do what?

Answer 17

cut off supplies from NV to Viet Cong

Question 18

What made the Vietnam war both a political and military issue?

Answer 18

• protests
• anti-war slogans
• opposition to draft

Question 19

What was the turning point of the Vietnam war in Jan 1968? What did it coincide with?

Answer 19

• Viet Cong and NV launched surprise attack
• Tet, Vietnamese New Year
• Americans and SV manages to defeat tham

Question 20

Which US president began a policy of Vietnamization in 1969?

Answer 20

President Nixon

Question 21

What did the Policy of Vietnamization do?

Answer 21

SV troop training to take greater responsibility in war

Question 22

What was the Easter Offensive in 1972?

Answer 22

NV invades SV to knock out SV govt

Question 23

After the Easter Offensive, what was signed in Jan 1973?

Answer 23

Paris Peace Accords

Question 24

What did the Paris Peace Accords call for?

Answer 24

• cease-fire btw NV and SV
• return of prisoners of war
• withdraw remaining American troops

Question 25

Did the fighting begin again soon after the American troops left Vietnam?

Answer 25

yes

Question 26

Did the US do anything to help when NV invaded SV in 1975?

Answer 26

no

Question 27

Saigon was renamed into what by the NV?

Answer 27

Ho Chi Minh City

Question 28

How many Americans died in the Vietnam war?

Answer 28

58,000

Question 29

The experience of the Vietnam War caused the US to become into a () nation

Answer 29

cynical