Vietnam

Question 1

What did the french call Vietnam at the time

Answer 1

Indochina

Question 2

Who was the leader of north Vietnam (Vietminh)

Answer 2

Ho Chi Minh

Question 3

What time was Vietnam ruled by the french until?

Answer 3

1954

Question 4

Who was the Vietcong

Answer 4

Villagers in south Vietnam that rebelled against diem communist group of fighters

Question 5

Who was the leader of south vietnam

Answer 5

Capitalist president diem

Question 6

Why did America get involved

Answer 6

Eisenhower’s domino theory and didn’t want communism spreading. Didn’t send troops at first because they didn’t want to be seen getting involved (kept it secret at first)

Question 7

What was the Ho Chi Minh trail

Answer 7

A secret trail of supplies from north Vietnam to south Vietnam that supported the Vietnam with guns and ammo and food etc

Question 8

What was the south Vietnamese army called

Answer 8

ARVN

Question 9

What was the south Vietnamese army called

Answer 9

ARVN

Question 10

How did America help diem

Answer 10

• sent military advisors
• money and weapons sent
• encourages strategic hamlet

Question 11

How did Johnson escalate the war?

Answer 11

• gulf or Tonkin

- sent troops

Question 12

What happened at the gulf of Tonkin?

Answer 12

The USS Maddox navel ship was attacked at the gulf of Tonkin by north Vietnam

Question 13

When was the gulf or Tonkin

Answer 13

1964

Question 14

What was the gulf of Tonkin resolution

Answer 14

Allowed Johnson to attack north (excuse)

Question 15

When did Johnson order a bombing on north Vietnam

Answer 15

1965

Question 16

What happened to french in the war in 1954

Answer 16

Vietminh defeated France In the war

Question 17

What was the Geneva agreement

Answer 17

At the end of the war between Vietminh and France in 1954 an agreement between France Vietnam USSR China US and Britain was made to stop the fighting and to temporarily decide Vietnam into south and north

Question 18

What were the Vietcong known for being good at

Answer 18

Guerilla warefare

Question 19

Name the search and destroy mission where 400 innocent civil were killed

Answer 19

My lai massacre

Question 20

When was the my lai massacre

Answer 20

1968

Question 21

What was the tet offensive

Answer 21

In 1968 Vietcong launched attacks on cities and military targets

Question 22

What was the turning point in the war

Answer 22

The tet offensive saw the Vietcong lose military wise and the US lost lots of support due to media coverage

Question 23

US fails of the war

Answer 23

• my lai massacre
• failure or operation rolling thunder
• role of the media
• lack of support

Question 24

Who was Walter kronkite

Answer 24

News reporter of the tet offensive

Question 25

Vietcong successes

Answer 25

- Ho Chi Minh trail - giurella tactics - tet offensive (although lost in military terms)

Question 26

What’s the credibility gap

Answer 26

The difference between what is said and what is true eg what the media revealed during the tet offensive

Question 27

When did Nixon become president

Answer 27

1969

Question 28

What was vietnamisation

Answer 28

The strategy to take US soldiers out of Vietnam whilst supplying training and money to the arvn

Question 29

What was the Kent state massacre

Answer 29

In 1970 4 students killed when police opened fire on anti war protesters

Question 30

Which Civil rights leaders opposed the war

Answer 30

MLK, college students avoided draft, Muhammad Ali refused draft

Question 31

When were peace talks completed

Answer 31

1973

Question 32

When did the secret is peace talks start

Answer 32

1969

Question 33

Who helped the us in negotiating with north Vietnam’s

Answer 33

the USSR

Question 34

Where were the peace talks completed

Answer 34

In Paris

Question 35

The effect of the war on the us

Answer 35

- increased credibility gap - many soldiers found it difficult to settle back in to life - expensive - PTSD for soldiers - lots of deaths and health problems from napalm

Question 36

Effect of the war on Vietnam

Answer 36

- forced many out there homes - Vietnam people died trying to escape to nearby countries - war left Vietnam with lots of corruption and poverty - environment badly damaged because f napalm

Question 37

What was napalm

Answer 37

A flammable chemical that was used to get rid of jungle by US