U.S. History: Sem. 2 (Ch22-24) Vocab

Question 1

this anti-communist south Vietnam president canceled elections that were supposed to unify Vietnam

Answer 1

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 2

U.S. Senator that conducted a series of meetings asking the Johnson administration to defend their Vietnam policies

Answer 2

William Fulbright

Question 3

this was the first US extensive bombing of North Vietnam

Answer 3

Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 4

to expose Vietcong tunnels and hideouts, US planes dropped this gasoline-based bomb that set fire to the jungles of Vietnam

Answer 4

napalm

Question 5

name given to the growing youth movement of the 1960’s

Answer 5

New Left

Question 6

this was a South Vietnamese opposition group that carried out thousands of assassinations of South Vietnamese government officials

Answer 6

Vietcong

Question 7

this South Vietnamese policy was intended to combat the growing popularity and presence of an anticommunist group in the South’s countryside

Answer 7

Strategic Hamlet Program

Question 8

as secretary of state in the Johnson administration, he argued for US escalation in Vietnam, claiming that abandoning the South Vietnamese would cause “disaster to peace.”

Answer 8

Dean Rusk

Question 9

this temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel

Answer 9

Geneva Accords

Question 10

as the US commander in South Vietnam, this general introduced the concept of the body count in the belief that as the number of Vietcong casualties rose, the Vietcong would eventually surrender

Answer 10

William Westmoreland

Question 11

this group, formed by Vietnamese Communists and other nationalist groups in 1941, declared independence from foreign rule as its single goal

Answer 11

Vietnmih

Question 12

when this fell to Vietnamese forces in 1959, the French began to leave Vietnam

Answer 12

Dien Bien Phu

Question 13

as secretary of defense in the Johnson administration, he admitted he “would have through differently at that start” of the conflict in Vietnam if he had been awar of the Vietcong’s resilience

Answer 13

Robert McNamara

Question 14

the US military used planes to spray this leaf-killing toxic chemical, which devastated the landscape of Vietnam

Answer 14

Agent Orange

Question 15

this was based on the idea that countries on the brink of communism were waiting to fall to communism one after another

Answer 15

domino theory

Question 16

anti-establishment group founded in 1960 that called for greater individual freedom and responsibilty

Answer 16

Students for Democratic Society

Question 17

television, the worsening state of the US economy, and the Fulbright hearings helped increase this

Answer 17

credibility gap

Question 18

he led the Indochinese Communist Party and fought the French,Japanese, and US forces for the independence of Vietnam

Answer 18

Ho Chi Minh

Question 19

conducted by US soldiers, these resulted in the uprooting of Vietnamese villagers with suspected ties to the Vietcong

Answer 19

search-and-destroy missions

Question 20

this granted the US president broad military powers in Vietnam

Answer 20

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Question 21

This allowed communists in North Vietnam to supply military arms to the government opposition in South Vietnam

Answer 21

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 22

who was chosen to replace Robert McNamara as secretary of defense

Answer 22

Clark Clifford

Question 23

this communist group seized power in Cambodia after the US invasion o that country unleashed a brutal civil war

Answer 23

Khmer Rouge

Question 24

publication of this revealed, among other things, that the Johnson administration had lied to the public about its intentions in Vietnam

Answer 24

Pentagon Papers

Question 25

Winner of the 1972 presidential election

Answer 25

Richard Nixon

Question 26

Winner of the 1968 presidential election

Answer 26

Richard Nixon

Question 27

Who was the Republican candidate for president in the 1968 presidential election

Answer 27

Richard Nixon

Question 28

construction workers and other blue collar workers that supported the US war policy

Answer 28

hard hats

Question 29

He served as the thop US negotiator in Vietnam

Answer 29

Henry Kissinger

Question 30

this require a president to inform Congress within 48 hours if US forces are sent into a hostile area without a declaration of war

Answer 30

War Powers Act

Question 31

this states that US troops are not to remain longer than 90 days in a hostile area without Congressional approval or a declaration of war

Answer 31

War Powers Act

Question 32

who ran in the 1968 presidential election as a third-party candidate on the platform supporting states rights and segregation

Answer 32

George Wallace

Question 33

in an attempt to win support for his war policies, Nixon made a special appeal to this gruop

Answer 33

silent majority

Question 34

which 1968 presidential candidate had the support of Lyndon Johnson

Answer 34

Hubert Humphrey

Question 35

who was nominated for president at the 1968 Democratic National Convention

Answer 35

Hubert Humphrey

Question 36

this called for the gradual withdrawal of troops in Vietnam

Answer 36

Vietnamization

Question 37

who decided to join the Democratic race for presidency after seeing the surprising results of the 1968 New Hampshire primary

Answer 37

Robert Kennedy

Question 38

1968 Democratic presidential candidate that was assassinated

Answer 38

Robert Kennedy

Question 39

who gained popularity in the weeks following Tet and received 42 percent of the vote in the 1968 New Hampshire primary

Answer 39

Eugene McCarthy

Question 40

which 1968 democratic presidential candidate voluntarily dropped out of the race before the national convention took place

Answer 40

Lyndon Johnson

Question 41

whose slim margin of victory in the 1968 New Hampshire Democratic primary was viewed as a defeat

Answer 41

Lyndon Johnson

Question 42

upon hearing this, US college students went on the first general student strike in the nation’s history

Answer 42

Invasion of Cambodia

Question 43

this murder of more than 200 innocent Vietnamese villagers by US troops shocked Americans when it was finally revealed to the public

Answer 43

Mai Lai Massacre