vietnam war

Question 1

What year did American troops first land in Vietnam?

Answer 1

1965.

Question 2

What was the supply line called?

Answer 2

The Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 3

What countries did the Ho Chi Minh Trail run through?

Answer 3

Laos and Cambodia, two neighboring countries

Question 4

What was the Tet Offensive?

Answer 4

The Tet Offensive was a massive attack on South Vietnam by the Vietcong. It took place on the Tet New Year.

Question 5

How many members were involved in taking over the US Embassy during the Tet Offensive?

Answer 5

18 members were involved.

Question 6

What are the 5 responses the US had to the Vietcong?

Answer 6

Hearts and Minds, Gulf of Tonkin, Operation Rolling Thunder,Search and Destroy and Chemical Warfare

Question 7

What is the Vietcong’s method of fighting called?

Answer 7

Guerrilla Warfare

Question 8

In what year did the My Lai Massacre happened?

Answer 8

1968

Question 9

Who was the leader of South Vietnam, and was he communist or anti-communist?

Answer 9

Diem, he was anti-communist

Question 10

What are ‘guerrilla tactics’ and who used them?

Answer 10

The method of fighting used by the Vietcong, mostly booby traps and ambushes

Question 11

What were Search and Destroy missions?

Answer 11

US soldiers went into villages in search for the Vietcong. They destroyed villages and anybody who was found living there was killed/tortured.

Question 12

Who was supplying the Vietcong?

Answer 12

North Vietnam

Question 13

Who were the ARVN?

Answer 13

The Army of the Republic of Vietnam

Question 14

What happened in Dien Bien Phu, 1954?

Answer 14

The Vietminh defeated the French troops

Question 15

Who were the Vietminh?

Answer 15

They were a communist resistance movement. Their leader was former school teacher, Ho Chi Minh.

Question 16

What was the Domino Theory?

Answer 16

The US believed that if communism wasn’t put to a stop in Vietnam then other countries in South-East Asia would fall into communist control by ‘falling like dominoes’. So the US wanted to contain communism.

Question 17

What happened at the Geneva Convention in 1954?

Answer 17

An agreement was designed to unite Vietnam and it was agreed that elections should be held every 2 years. Eisenhower was worried that communists might win and come into power, so he helped Ngo Dinh Diem to set up anti-communist Republic of South Vietnam. The Geneva Convention divided Vietnam into 2 countries along the 17th parallel.