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Question 1

When did east Asia gain Independence from France?

Answer 1

1954

Question 2

What were 3 countries created by the independence form east Asia?

Answer 2

Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam

Question 3

Who is the Leader of communist North Vietnam?

Answer 3

Ho Chi Minh

Question 4

When does the Civil War begin in Vietnam?

Answer 4

1958

Question 5

Who was the leader of non-communist South Vietnam?

Answer 5

Diem

Question 6

What country takes control of South Vietnam?

Answer 6

France

Question 7

What are the Vietcong?

Answer 7

South Vietnamese communists who help the North.

Question 8

What is the Domino Theory?

Answer 8

If one county turns communist so will the rest surrounding it.

Question 9

What does the US do to contain communism in Vietnam?

Answer 9

Sends military aid and financially

Question 10

What was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution? (2)

Answer 10

• American ship attacked in Tonkin

- congress gives the president full power to use the military power to respond to the situation in SE Asia.

Question 11

When was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?

Answer 11

1964

Question 12

What was Americanization?

Answer 12

Commits Us troops to combat in Vietnam

Question 13

Who was General Westmoreland?

Answer 13

Commander of the US forces in Vietnam

Question 14

How long did rolling thunder was supposed to last? How long did it last?

Answer 14

8 weeks, 3 1/2 years

Question 15

What was the My Lai Massacre?

Answer 15

US army killed several citizens in Vietnam including babies.

Question 16

When was the TET offensive?

Answer 16

1968

Question 17

What was the TET offensive?

Answer 17

North Vietnam and Vietcongs attack targets all over South Vietnam including capital Saigon?

Question 18

What was the result of the TET offensive?(2)

Answer 18

• A military victory for the US, but political and public opposition disasters
• Americans question why we are in a war

Question 19

What were the two difficulties in fighting in Southeast Asia?

Answer 19

• Fighting geography, jungles hard

- Fighting Vietcong, they would act like normal citizens and then attack.

Question 20

What years did Nixon serve?

Answer 20

1969-1973

Question 21

What is Vietnamization?

Answer 21

Bring the US troops home and let South Vietnam fight for them selves.

Question 22

When was the booming in Cambodia? And who was president?

Answer 22

Nixon and in 1969

Question 23

What was the booming of Cambodia?

Answer 23

Nixon orders nominated in Cambodia with out notifying congress.

Question 24

When was peace with honor?

Answer 24

1973

Question 25

What was peace with honor? (4)

Answer 25

- US pulls out of Vietnam - POW’s returned - North Promises not to invade SV - US commits to protect SV

Question 26

When was the fall of Saigon?

Answer 26

April 30, 1975

Question 27

What was the Fall of Saigon?

Answer 27

Capital falls and Vietnam becomes communist!

Question 28

Who were the Doves?

Answer 28

They supported peace

Question 29

Who were the Hawks?

Answer 29

They supported the Vietnam war

Question 30

When was the Kent State accident?

Answer 30

1970

Question 31

What was the Kent state accident?

Answer 31

4 students killed, by national guard, while protesting in Kent state University.

Question 32

What was SDS?

Answer 32

Students for Democratic Society | -studies organized their own groups and start to become testosterone to the war.

Question 33

What were the DRAFT DOGGERS?

Answer 33

- People who burned their draft card in order to avoid being drafted. - some flees to Canada, but they were pardon soon after.

Question 34

What caused the distrust in government?

Answer 34

Secret Dominions, the booming in Cambodia. Ppl didn’t see the Government as the truthful they saw before.

Question 35

What is the wars Power act and what year was it applied?

Answer 35

In 1973- Limits presidents Power and has to notify congress with 48h of troops he has commissioned

Question 36

What Psychological effects did the war have? (3)

Answer 36

- first real American defeat - Treatment to veterans - POW’s and MIA’s

Question 37

What were the US views in the world after the war? (2)

Answer 37

- US rethinks the Domino Theory | - US hesitant to become the big brother.

Question 38

What was role of television during the war? (3)

Answer 38

- ppl could see the war at home now - first war televisioned - ppl began to question the war.