Unit 9 Test

Question 1

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 1

Leader of Vietnamese revolutionaries, communist, strived for Vietnam’s independence

Question 2

Vietminh

Answer 2

An organization who goal was to win Vietnam’s independence from the foreign rule.

Question 3

domino theory

Answer 3

A theory explained by Eisenhower where he compares the countries on the brink of communism to a row of dominos waiting to fall one after another.

Question 4

Geneva Accords

Answer 4

They temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel.

Question 5

Vietcong

Answer 5

The South Vietnamese who, with North Vietnamese support, fought against the government of South Vietnam in the Vietnam War.

Question 6

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Answer 6

A network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam.

Question 7

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Answer 7

A resolution adopted by Congress in 1964, giving the president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam.

Question 8

Robert McNamara

Answer 8

Secretary of Defense, helped President Johnson come up with plans for what to do about Vietnam.

Question 9

William Westmoreland

Answer 9

American commander in South Vietnam, in the early years of the war, the Johnson administration complied with his requests.

Question 10

ARVN

Answer 10

The Southern Vietnamese soldiers with whom US troops fought against communism and forces in the North during the Vietnam War.

Question 11

napalm

Answer 11

A gasoline-based substance dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts.

Question 12

Agent Orange

Answer 12

A toxic leaf-killing chemical sprayed by US planes in Vietnam to expose Vietcong hideouts.

Question 13

search and destroy missions

Answer 13

US military raids on a South Vietnamese village, intended to root out villagers with ties to the Vietcong but often resulting in the destruction of the village and the displacement of its inhabitants.

Question 14

credibility gap

Answer 14

a public distrust of statements made by the government

Question 15

draft

Answer 15

forced to serve in the army

Question 16

New Left

Answer 16

People started to drift towards socialism and, in some cases, communism.

Question 17

SDS

Answer 17

Charged that corporations and large government institutions had taken over America. It called for a restoration of “participatory democracy” and greater individual freedom.

Question 18

Free Speech Movement

Answer 18

An antiestablishment New Left organization that originated in a 1964 clash between students and administrators at the University of California at Berkeley.

Question 19

Tet Offensive

Answer 19

A massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities early in 1968.

Question 20

Robert Kennedy

Answer 20

JFK’s brother, senator from New York, became Democratic presidential candidate, shot on June 5th after winning the California Democratic primary.

Question 21

Richard Nixon

Answer 21

Newly elected president, pulled out the troops but continued war against North Vietnam.

Question 22

Vietnamization

Answer 22

It called for the gradual withdrawal of US troops in order for the South Vietnamese to take a more active combat role in the war.

Question 23

silent majority

Answer 23

Moderate and mainstream Americans who quietly supported the US efforts in Vietnam

Question 24

Kent State University

Answer 24

An Ohio university where national guardsmen opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War on May 4, 1970, wounding 9 and killing 4

Question 25

War Powers Act

Answer 25

Stipulated that a president must inform Congress within 48 hrs of sending forces into a hostile area without a declaration of war.