Vietnam War

Question 1

communist who fought France, Japan, and US for independence

Answer 1

Ho Chi Minh

Question 2

communist and other groups declared in 1941, independence from foreign rule. #1 goal

Answer 2

Vietminh

Question 3

After WWII, US aids _______ in its effort to control vietnam

Answer 3

france

Question 4

US goal in vietnam

Answer 4

contain the spread of communism

Question 5

countries would fall to communism one after the other

Answer 5

Domino Theory

Question 6

French Defeat, forced to leave vietnam

Answer 6

Dien Bien Phu

Question 7

temporary division of vietnam at 17th

Answer 7

Geneva Accords

Question 8

anti communist president of S.V who cancels elections

Answer 8

Ngo Dinh DIem

Question 9

SV who supported unification with NV, carried out thousands of assassinations of SV government officials

Answer 9

Vietcong

Question 10

NV sending troops and arms to SV through this supply line

Answer 10

Ho Ghi Minh Trail

Question 11

gives president johnson broad military powers, begins sending large number of US troops

Answer 11

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 12

enrolling in college would defer you from

Answer 12

Draft

Question 13

commander of US troops in Vietnam

Answer 13

Gen. Westmoreland

Question 14

extensive bombing of NV

Answer 14

Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 15

convinces US public that the war is unwinnable

Answer 15

TET Offensive

Question 16

What happened in 1968

Answer 16

TET offensive, assassination of MLK and RFK

Question 17

College campuses were often the sites of _________________________

Answer 17

anti-war protests

Question 18

“peace with honor” by Vietnamization of the war, low US soldier morale

Answer 18

President NIXON

Question 19

Johnson administration had mislead the american public about the progress of the war.

Answer 19

Pentagon Papers

Question 20

restricted the military power of the president

Answer 20

War Powers Act

Question 21

The main goal of the U.S involvement in Vietnam was to stop the spread of what?

Answer 21

communism

Question 22

The US military commander of forces in Vietnam, who adopted a strategy of sending US soldiers on “search and destroy” missions to find the vietcong

Answer 22

Gen Wesmoreland

Question 23

to maintain high levels of US troops in Vietnam the us gov required US citizens to serve in the military to fight the war in Vietnam. Young men could defer from this service by enrolling in college, which often were the sites of anti war protests. Many considered this unfair because it was more likely that the working class and minority youths went to war. What is being required to report military service?

Answer 23

draft

Question 24

the tet offensive, president johnson declinging reelection, violence between protestors and police at the democratic national convention, anti war protests, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King and RObert Kennedy all occurred in what year?

Answer 24

1968

Question 25

the publishing of these classified documents revealed to the American public that the johnson administration had mislead them on the realities of the war in vietnam

Answer 25

Pentagon papers

Question 26

Seeing it as an extension of the Cold war and our conflict with the USSR the US supported this nation, after WWII and the Japanese occupation, in its efforts to establish its control over Vietnam instead of supporting Vietnamese independence

Answer 26

France

Question 27

This supply line that began in NV would pass through Laos and Cambodia, and supply troops and weapons to support the vietcong in SV. What was the name of the supply line?

Answer 27

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 28

Realizing that the president had been given too much power to conduct the war in Vietnam, congress restricted the power of the president on how he could use military forces in the future. WHat was the name of the law that restricted the power of the president?

Answer 28

War Powers Act

Question 29

Major attack by the vietcong throughout SV on the Buddhist new year. The us military was able to counter attack and turned it into a major military victory for the us but for the American public watching the attack unfold on tv it convinced many Americans that the war would not be won any time soon/

Answer 29

TET Offensive

Question 30

President Johnson asked congress to draft a resolution that would give the president almost full authority and broad military powers to conduct the war in Vietnam. Once granted Johnson greatly expanded us military involvement by dramatically increasing the number of us troops in Vietnam and carrying out Operation Rolling Thunder, which was an extensive bombing of NV.

Answer 30

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 31

SV soldiers who supported the NV communist government led by Ho Chi Minh in the hopes of unifying vietnam. They and their gurilla tactics, which included thousands of assassinations of SV government officials, proved difficult for US forces

Answer 31

Vietcong

Question 32

Nixon won the election of 1968, in Vietnam he promised "peace with honor" He would end the war in Vietnam and bring home American troops. The plan to defend SV as US troops were withdrawn was that the SV army would take over more of the fighting, this process would be known as what?

Answer 32

vietnamization

Question 33

During the cold war it was feared that if communism was not confronted and contained it would spread and nation after nation, one after the other, would fall under communist rule. What was this theory called?

Answer 33

Domino Theory

Question 34

During the Vietnam war the us formed a secret alliance with a group in Laos to confront the NV who were shipping weapons, supplies, and soldiers along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. These Soldiers also rescued downed American pilots but many were forced to flee fro their lives after the US exit from the vietnam war.

Answer 34

Hmong

Question 35

This group formed by the vietnamese communists and other nationalist groups 1941, declared independence from foreign rule as its single goal

Answer 35

Vietminh

Question 36

HE led the indochinese communist arty and fought the french, Japanese, and us forces for the independence of vietnam

Answer 36

Ho CHi Minh

Question 37

When this village fell to vietnamese forces in 1954, it signaled the end of french rule in vietnam

Answer 37

Dien Bien PHU

Question 38

WIth france exiting vietnam, negotiations to end the conflict resulted in the temporary division of vietnam at the 17th parallel. Ho CHi Minh and the Vietminh would control NV and anti communist Ngo Dinh Diem who was supported by the us would control SV. Elections to unify vietnam under a single government were to be held in 1956 but were canceled by Diem when he realized he would lose to ho chi minh. What was the name of the agreement?

Answer 38

Geneva Accords