Vietnam War

Question 1

What state controlled Indo-China in the 1930s?

Answer 1

France

Question 2

When did Japan occupy French-Indo China?

Answer 2

1940

Question 3

Why did Japan occupy French-Indo China

Answer 3

Germany conquered France

Question 4

Who led the Vietnam resistance against Japan in 1940?

Answer 4

Ho Chi Minh

Question 5

Atlantic Charter

Answer 5

US & British say once WW2 ends, they will give all of their colonial holdings independence

Question 6

Why did France try to reassert control over Vietnam after WW2?

Answer 6

France never signed Atlantic Charter

Question 7

How did the Vietnam-French conflict shift in 1954?

Answer 7

France was pushed back into mountains of Vietnam

Question 8

Dien Bien Phu

Answer 8

French fortress built in the mountain valley. Required men and supplies to be airlifted into it.

Question 9

How did Ho Chi Minh’s men attack Dien Bien Phu?

Answer 9

Disassembled artillery and carried it up the side of the mountains. Reassembled it at the top.

Question 10

Who did France request aid from in 1954?

Answer 10

America

Question 11

How much of France’s war effort was US paying in 1954

Answer 11

80%

Question 12

When was the French forced to surrender against Vietnam?

Answer 12

September 2nd, 1954

Question 13

What did French surrender in Vietnam mark for the US?

Answer 13

Growing involvement in Vietnam by US

Question 14

Geneva Accords

Answer 14

Negotiated settlement that split Vietnam at the 17th parallel.

Question 15

Who controlled North Vietnam following the Geneva Accords?

Answer 15

Ho Chi Minh & communists

Question 16

Who controlled South Vietnam following Geneva Accords?

Answer 16

State of Vietnam led by Bao Dai

Question 17

Who did Bao Dai appointed as PM in 1956?

Answer 17

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 18

When was the shift of power in South Vietnam?

Answer 18

1955

Question 19

What shift of power occurred in Vietnam in 1955?

Answer 19

Diem and military leaders overthrew Dai.

Question 20

What government did Diem’s military coup establish in South Vietnam?

Answer 20

Republic of Vietnam

Question 21

Why was there mass dissatisfaction with Diem’s rule

Answer 21

Catholic and family worked closely with the French.

Question 22

What did US fear in 1963 if they didn’t strengthen South Vietnam?

Answer 22

Domino effect of communism

Question 23

What shift in power occurred by US in 1963 in Vietnam?

Answer 23

military coup organized by US government that assassinated Diem

Question 24

MAC-V-SOG

Answer 24

covert US military operations in Vietnam that conducted surveillance and observation missions on North Vietnam and delivered intel back to South Vietnam.

Question 25

Who established MAC-V-SOG?

Answer 25

Johnson

Question 26

Purpose of MAC-V-SOG

Answer 26

To make suggestions to South Vietnam on how to fight more efficiently

Question 27

When did the US Maddox first report being fired upon?

Answer 27

August 1st, 1964

Question 28

When did the US Maddox and another destroyer ship report being fired upon and returning fire?

Answer 28

August 4th, 1964

Question 29

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Answer 29

Congress allowed Johnson to repel any armed attack against US troops to prevent an escalated conflict

Question 30

When did Congress pass the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?

Answer 30

August 7th, 1964

Question 31

Significance of Tonkin Gulf Resolution?

Answer 31

Blank check for Johnson to declare war on Vietnam without officially declaring war.

Question 32

Hawks

Answer 32

American supporters of the war. Claimed US had moral obligation to fight in the war.

Question 33

Doves

Answer 33

US opponents of Vietnam war. Saw struggle in Vietnam as a civil war that US shouldn't be involved in.

Question 34

What was 1968 known as?

Answer 34

the Crisis Year

Question 35

Tet Offensive

Answer 35

North Vietnamese + Vietcong attacked every US military base, capital, and large city in South Vietnam on Tet.

Question 36

In what way did North Vietnam win the Tet Offensive

Answer 36

psychologically. Tet Offensive shattered US illusion that upping troop strength would somehow break the enemy.

Question 37

Why does Bobby Kennedy initially not run in 1968?

Answer 37

Johnson (incumbent) was running again.

Question 38

Who ran for Democratic nominee in 1968

Answer 38

Johnson Gene McCarthy Bobby Kennedy

Question 39

What primary did McCarthy secure in 1968?

Answer 39

New Hampshire Primary

Question 40

When did Johnson drop out of the presidential race?

Answer 40

March 31st, 1968

Question 41

Who ran on continuing Johnson's policies and winning the war?

Answer 41

Hubert Humphrey, Johnson's VP

Question 42

When was MLK assassinated?

Answer 42

April 4th, 1968

Question 43

What primary was essential to ensure someone won the democratic nomination?

Answer 43

California

Question 44

Who won the California primary in 1968?

Answer 44

RFK

Question 45

Who did Democrats nominate as Democratic nominee in 1968?

Answer 45

Hubert Humphrey

Question 46

Republican nominee in 1968?

Answer 46

Richard Nixon

Question 47

Nixon's plan for Vietnam in 1968?

Answer 47

securing peace with honor

Question 48

Vietnamizing the war

Answer 48

Nixon's plan to gradually reduce US troops in Vietnam, and return fight to Vietnam

Question 49

What event stoked more anger and resentment toward Nixon's plan?

Answer 49

massacre at My Lai

Question 50

How did Nixon get North Vietnam to negotiate?

Answer 50

Threatened to bomb North Vietnam every time they refused

Question 51

Who was Nixon's advisor in 1968?

Answer 51

Henry Kissinger

Question 52

What did Kissinger promise China?

Answer 52

If China stops supporting North Vietnam, US will tell UN to officially recognize China Republic

Question 53

What did Kissinger promise USSR?

Answer 53

SALT treaties

Question 54

When did Kissinger arrange detentes with China and USSR?

Answer 54

1973

Question 55

SALT treaties

Answer 55

US and USSR promise to not produce as many nuclear weapons

Question 56

When did Nixon start drafting settlements for the Vietnam war to end?

Answer 56

October 1972

Question 57

How did settlements with Vietnam benefit Nixon?

Answer 57

Secured his re-election

Question 58

When were all of the US troops finally pulled out of Vietnam?

Answer 58

January, 1973

Question 59

By what year was Vietnam completely overrun by communists?

Answer 59

1975

Question 60

Watergate

Answer 60

Cover-up by Nixon of his employees breaking into Watergate Hotel for strategies and tactics to win next election

Question 61

Who pardoned Nixon for his crimes

Answer 61

Gerald Ford