vietnam

Question 1

weather conditions in vietnam

Answer 1

very hot
jungle

Question 2

did we win or lose

Answer 2

lose

Question 3

where is vietnam

Answer 3

south east asia

Question 4

what happens to vietnam

Answer 4

falls to communism

Question 5

what is the number one reason we fight the vietnam war

Answer 5

contain communism

Question 6

true or false: the vietnamese wanted to be left alone by foreign nations and wanted to be an independant country

Answer 6

true

Question 7

domino theory

Answer 7

if one country falls to communism, they all fall

Question 8

which half does US support

Answer 8

south

Question 9

tonkin golf resolution

Answer 9

america is now at war with North Vietnam

Question 10

from 1954-1964 the vietnam was a civil war after 1964 the war had become ______

Answer 10

americanized

Question 11

what group from vietnam helped us

Answer 11

hmong

Question 12

what was the average draft age

Answer 12

19

Question 13

average tour of duty

Answer 13

1 year

Question 14

what did many men come home with

Answer 14

PTSD

Question 15

what 2 groups do we fight, explain

Answer 15

NVA: north Vietnamese army
wore uniform

vietcong : communist guerrilla fighter
friend by day enemy by night
wore civilian clothing

Question 16

4 examples of how american soldiers discovered how elusive the enemy was in the vietnam war

Answer 16

tunnel system
hit and runs
booby traps
cant tell friend from enemy

Question 17

explain the role of body count

Answer 17

no front lines

see who is winning the war

Question 18

effect of agent orange and napalm on vietnam’s rural population

Answer 18

agent orange- herbicide, kill the jungle, causes cancer

napalm- jelly like bomb, used to burn the forests

Question 19

what caused the american soldiers morale to drop as the war went on

Answer 19

we aren’t winning

poor jungle conditions

cannot tell friend from enemy

Question 20

impact of television on the war

Answer 20

gov says “their is light at the end of the tunnel”

tv shows the war is not almost over

Question 21

why was the draft seen as unfair?
legal and illegal ways to avoid draft?

Answer 21

rich could go to college and avoid fighting. poor and blacks could not.

*go to college
*hold and essential job
*be homosexual
*be against all war (Jehovah witness)

*go to canada or mexico

Question 22

leading up to 1968 what had the government been saying about how the vietnam war was going

Answer 22

“light at the end of the tunnel”

Question 23

what and when is Tet
what does USA and NVA do during tet

Answer 23

vietnamese new year
jan 31st

cease fire

Question 24

how many towns and air bases did the VC attack simultaneasly

Answer 24

120

Question 25

militarily the tet offensive was a military defeat for vietcong and NVA
T OR F

Answer 25

true

Question 26

explain how TET offensive changes public opinion against the vietnam war

Answer 26

proves there is no light at the end of the tunnel. we aren’t going to win the war anytime soon if ever

Question 27

hawk vs dove

Answer 27

hawk - pro war
dove- anti war

Question 28

what does president johnson decide not to do

Answer 28

run for re-election

Question 29

who was assasinated on april 4, result?

Answer 29

MLK
riots

Question 30

who was assasinated on june 5

Answer 30

robert kennedy

Question 31

who gets elected in november of 1968

Answer 31

nixon