Vietnam

Question 1

Indochina

Answer 1

-name for peninsula, home to Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia

Question 2

Geneva Accords 1954

Answer 2

-divided Vietnam by the 17th parallel
-Who: USA, NV, Soviets, France, Cambodia, Laos, England
-free elections had to determine fate of Vietnam but they never happen ( S Vietnam thought that the NV would not hold fair elections)

Question 3

Buddhism

Answer 3

-belief that the human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment

Question 4

Agent Orange

Answer 4

-herbicide defoliant dropped on jungle in Vietnam
-gave up there secret hiding place, killed crops, and causes health problems

Question 5

doves

Answer 5

• anti-war (wanted peace)

Question 6

Hawks

Answer 6

-pro-war (wanted to fight)

Question 7

Election of 1964

Answer 7

LBJ (D) .vs. Barry Goldwater (R)
-LBJ wins

Question 8

Election of 1968

Answer 8

Nixon (R) .vs. Hubert Humphrey
-Nixon wins

Question 9

Vietminh

Answer 9

-league of independence for Vietnam
-founded by Ho Chi Min
-resistance against French colonial rule

Question 10

Kent state

Answer 10

-students protested about the Cambodian invasion
-4 student dies (Ohio song si written)

Question 11

Domino theory

Answer 11

• Eisenhower’s theory that if one country in Europe/Asia fell to communism, all country’s would fall

Question 12

Self-Immolation

Answer 12

-when Buddhist set themselves on fire

Question 13

Saigon

Answer 13

Capitol of South Vietnam

Question 14

Ngo Dinh Diem

Answer 14

• Leader of South Vietnam

Question 15

JFK

Answer 15

-35th president
- assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
-served from 1961-1963 (D)
-Foreign Policy- Flexibke response (green berets)
-Domestic policy- New frontier

Question 16

Operation Rolling Thunder

Answer 16

-Intense bombing of N Vietnam
1. Boost morale in Saigon
2. Destroy bridges, roads, factories etc in N Vietnam
3. Cease flow of men/material in S Vietnam
4. End goal of communist insurgence in S Vietnam

Question 17

credibility gap

Answer 17

-lost of faith in LBJ administration

Question 18

silent majority

Answer 18

-large group who were anti-war, but did not take any action and helped Nixon win the presidency

Question 19

George Kennan

Answer 19

• created Containment (keeping communism contained
  -later to be used by Harry Truman

Question 20

Paris Peace Talks

Answer 20

-ended american involvement in Vietnam war
-Who: USA, Soviets, N. Vietnam, Vietcong
1. US would withdraw all forces from Vietnam within 60 days
2. All prisoners of war would be released
3. All military activity in Loas and Cambodia would end
4 17th parallel would continue to divide Vietnam until country was united
5. Vietnamzation

Question 21

Generation Gap

Answer 21

-described the cultural differences between the baby boomers and their parents

Question 22

pentagon papers

Answer 22

-top secret papers
-Leaked

Question 23

Dien Bien Phu

Answer 23

-located in N. Vietnam
-battle was a decisive victory for Vietnamese that brought an end to France colonial rule in Vietnam

Question 24

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 24

-leader of N. Vietnam
-communist

Question 25

Gulf of Tonkin

Answer 25

-rumor that US destroyers were sunk by N. Vietnamese -caused US to join Vietnam war

Question 26

Deferments

Answer 26

-excused people like (layers, college kids, and medical issues) from draft

Question 27

Peace with honor

Answer 27

Nixon foreign policy -gradual withdrawal from Vietnam, war without looking cowardly/defeated 1. Reform selective service 2. Increase role of S. Vietnam 3. Expand bombing campaign (into neutral Cambodia)

Question 28

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Answer 28

-supply route that passed from Laos and Cambodia -allows Vietcong to gain strength by gaining troops and supplies from N.Vietnam

Question 29

My Lai massacre

Answer 29

- lieutenant William Calley and army killed at least 300 Vietnam civilians -in pinkville (small town) and shot them all

Question 30

LBJ

Answer 30

- VP of JFK - won the election for 1963 (D) - was in office 1963-1969 cause of assassination of JFL - Foreign Policy- flexible response - Domestic Policy- great society

Question 31

Hanoi

Answer 31

Capitol of N. Vietnam

Question 32

Vietcong

Answer 32

Communist in S. Vietnam

Question 33

Eisenhower

Answer 33

- 1953-1961 (R) Foreign policy- brinkmanship/ massive retaliation Domestic-modern Republicanism, conservation with $, liberal civil rights

Question 34

Napalm

Answer 34

-unconventional weapon used in bobbing raids. -were highly flammable jellied substances

Question 35

counterculture

Answer 35

-movement that rejected traditional American values

Question 36

Tet offensive

Answer 36

- N. Vietnam surprised attacks on S. Vietnam on Vietnamese new years

Question 37

Henry Kissinger

Answer 37

- Nixons national Security advisor. -him and Le Duc Tho announced a ceasefire on Jan 1973 both won Nobel peace prize

Question 38

conscientious Objectors

Answer 38

-claimed moral/religious beliefs prevented them from fighting

Question 39

Vietnmization

Answer 39

- called for S. Vietnam to take more active role in fighting N. Vietnam war

Question 40

Vietnam years

Answer 40

1955-1975

Question 41

containment

Answer 41

-keeping communism at bay - created by George Keenan - Harry Truman’s foreign policy

Question 42

W. Westmoreland

Answer 42

commanded U.S. forces in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968