Vietnam Section 2

Question 1

Much of the nation

Answer 1

Supported LBJ in containing communism in Vietnam

Question 2

In 1965,

Answer 2

President Johnson sent a large number of troops to Vietnam

Question 3

Even after Congress apporved the Gulf Reolution,

Answer 3

Johnson opposed sending US ground troops

Question 4

Why did LBJ win the election

Answer 4

His opponent had implied that he could push the United States in to war with the S. U. LBJ’s speeches were very moderate and he spoke about containing communism but not sendin gtroops

Question 5

Working with __________ and ______ Johnson becan to

Answer 5

Robert McNamara(SOD) and Dean Rusk (SOS) dispatched troops (AFTER ELECTION)

Question 6

How did People view Johnson’s actions

Answer 6

Contradictory to his claims, some thought that containment of communism was necessary, it was divided in his cabinet as welll

Question 7

BY the end of 1965,

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The us government had sent more than 150,000 troops

Question 8

Who was teh general US commandor

Answer 8

General William westmoreland. he was a WWII an dKorea vet and a grad from westpoint

Question 9

Westmoreland was less than impressed with

Answer 9

The fighting ability of the army of the republic of Vietnam

Question 10

What did Westmoreland do

Answer 10

Keep requesting troops

Question 11

The United States entered the war believing that

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Its superior weaponry would lead it victory, but it became hard

Question 12

How did the Vietcong move?

Answer 12

In and out of the general population

Question 13

How did Vietcong destroy traditional fron t

Answer 13

Attacking US troops in both cities and countryside. but it was hard to single them out as they looked like regular citizens

Question 14

What did the Vietcong’s tunnels allow them to withstand

Answer 14

Airstrikes and launch surprise attacks, disappearing quickly. It also served as a home. The terrain was irgged with booby traps

Question 15

How did the US fight ?

Answer 15

They fought without knowing the exact location of Vietcong members. They used landmines

Question 16

What did soldiers have to be awar of

Answer 16

The environment and possible traps

Question 17

What was Westmoreland’s strategy to defeat the Vietcong

Answer 17

Wear down their rorale by war of attrition (gradually wearing the enemy down by harrassment

Question 18

Westmoreland introduced the concept of body counting:

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HOped that as the number of dead grew, the Vietcong would surrender

Question 19

Where did the Vietcong get supplies?

Answer 19

China and the Soviet union. They refused to surrender

Question 20

Westmoreland said that we nevr lost a battle. How did Both sides view this war

Answer 20

For the US i was a military struggle. For Vietname, it was the struggle for existance

Question 21

What was another key part of the American strategy

Answer 21

Keeping Support of South Rural Population

Question 22

In an attempt to expose Tunnels, what did the US drop

Answer 22

Napalm

Question 23

Napalm

Answer 23

Gas based bomb that set fire to the jungle

Question 24

Agent Orange

Answer 24

Leaf killing chemical

Question 25

What did usage of the chemicals cause

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wounded ones, and destroyed villiages

Question 26

Search and Destroy missions

Answer 26

Uprooting civilians with suspected ties to the vietcong, killing their livestock, burning villiage, many SVs fled

Question 27

What were frusterations of soldiers

Answer 27

Guerilla warfare: The brutal jungle conditions and failure to advance

Question 28

As war continued, Americans

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Morals dropped

Question 29

Many soldiers required to fight a war they did not support turned to

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Marijuana, alcohol, some murdered officers. Morale worsened when they had to fight during negotiations

Question 30

What was anothe robsticale

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Corruption and instability of South Vietnamese government. Nyuyen Cao Ky was an air marshall led but did not retire in favor of elected government officials

Question 31

Many soldiers firmly believed in halting communism and they fought well

Answer 31

The soldiers who were heros endured years of torture

Question 32

What did the Johnson administration think about the war

Answer 32

That it would end quickly

Question 33

As the war dragged on, what happened

Answer 33

LBJ’s domestic programs began to fall apart and support began to waver

Question 34

As the US troops increased, the war grew

Answer 34

More costly and the economy started suffering

Question 35

What happened to the inflation rate

Answer 35

It went up

Question 36

What did Pre Johnson ask for

Answer 36

A tax increase to hlp fund the war and keep inflation in check

Question 37

What did congressional conservatives say about the tax increase

Answer 37

They agreed but only after demanding and recieving a 6 billion reduction in funding for Great Society

Question 38

What was Vietnam known as

Answer 38

The living room war because there as combat footage that showed on TV what has happened–dead body counts

Question 39

What did General Westmoorland maintain

Answer 39

That surrender was coming

Question 40

Credibility Gap

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A growing fap between what was happening and what the Johnson administration was sayin g

Question 41

What did Senator J. William Full bright charge the president with

Answer 41

Lack of Candor: Portraying the war effort

Question 42

In Early 1966, what did Fulbright conduct

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A series of TV hearings in whihc he asked the members of the Jonson administration to defend their vietnam policies

Question 43

What did the Fulbright hearings deliver

Answer 43

Major revautions about the war

Question 44

What did the Fulbright hearings contribute too

Answer 44

Growing doubts about the war