Vietnam War

Question 1

Napalm

Answer 1

Jellies petroleum substance used in flame throwers and bombs that sticks to surfaces including human flesh

Question 2

1968 election

Answer 2

2 issues are vietnam war and law and order
Nixon wins
lowest winning majority since wilson
Democrats controlled both houses

Question 3

Domino theory

Answer 3

The us idea that if Vietnam fell to the communists the rest of Southeast Asia would fall like dominos in a line

Question 4

Saigon

Answer 4

fall of Saigon
-america abandons its embassy
-saigon becomes ho chi minh city
-white christmas was code for evactuation
-operation of the us evacuation of saigon
operation frequent wind

Question 5

1968 election democrats

Answer 5

Robert Kennedy,McCarthy,Humphrey

Democrats pick Humphrey

Question 6

Guerrilla warfare

Answer 6

Using sabotage hit and run and ambushes to fight over and

Question 7

Tonkin gulf

Answer 7

Tonkin gulf incident

Had ships there that were attacked, and according to LBJ attacks were unprovoked

Question 8

Tet

Answer 8

Vietnam new year

Question 9

Pentagon papers

Answer 9

Secret documents leaked to NY times

Question 10

Nixon

Answer 10

said he wanted to end the war
vietnamization
expansion of the conflict (secret war)
agent orange

Question 11

Tiger

Answer 11

Nickname for the North Vietnamese

Hit and run

Question 12

Outcome of the end of war

Answer 12

LBJ said wasn’t running again

American morale drops
  Disproportionate representation of minority's 
   Racial probs 
   Major drug use w
Us backed out but left the troops
Communists took over

Question 13

Bob Dylan

Answer 13

Wrote antiwar protest songs

Question 14

Conscientious objector

Answer 14

One whose beliefs prevent one from fighting a war

Question 15

tet offensive

Answer 15

• they dont usually attack on holidays
• us military seen as defeated
• vietcong absorbed greatest loss of lives
• support of the war decreased
• johnson would not send more troops after

Question 16

My lai

Answer 16

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Question 17

Vietnamization

Answer 17

The twining and equipping of the south Vietnamese soldiers to replace American troops

Question 18

click

Answer 18

Measurement in kilometers for marches when companies went into the bush for every 1000 m US units marched one click

Question 19

Cambodia

Answer 19

war moves to cambodia

student protests ignites

Question 20

Pol pot

Answer 20

leader of cambodia

Question 21

Big green bird

Answer 21

Chopper

Question 22

Treaty

Answer 22

paris peace accords

Question 23

Body count

Answer 23

Number of casualties in a firefight often determine operations success

Question 24

Containment

Answer 24

Opposing communism to keep it from spreading

Question 25

Charlie

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Nickname for the Vietcong

Question 26

Agent orange

Answer 26

Chemical defoliant Dropped to strip leaves so the enemy is more visible

Question 27

Last troops

Answer 27

left Vietnam 1975

Question 28

Nixon Presidency

Answer 28

``` first man to moon removed troops from vietnam visited china limit on anti ballistic missiles toured middle east us postal service inflation watergate ```

Question 29

Claymore

Answer 29

US antipersonnel mine which throws off a fan shaped spray of fragments during its explosion. Used for defense

Question 30

How was the Vietnam war different from others

Answer 30

Rather then fighting in trenches and such they fought in jungles werent treated well when returned home length of time fought was shorter

Question 31

Hawk

Answer 31

One who supports a war

Question 32

Deferment

Answer 32

A postponement of military duty

Question 33

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 33

North Vietnam

Question 34

Draft

Answer 34

Getting selected to fight in the war

Question 35

American Independent party

Answer 35

Wallace, who opposed push to integrate against coddles criminals "win" in Vietnam

Question 36

1968 election republicans

Answer 36

Nixon,Rockefeller,Reagan,Agnew, Nixon is picked and wins

Question 37

Ho Chi Minh trail

Answer 37

Supply route How they supplied the VC how troops were moved without being seen

Question 38

John McCain

Answer 38

One of first POWS Hanol hill Became senator

Question 39

Cherry

Answer 39

Newby | Us infantryman newly arrived to vietnam

Question 40

Elephant

Answer 40

Nickname for the US Slow

Question 41

Grunts

Answer 41

US infantryman in Vietnam Comparable to GI in World War II

Question 42

Operation rolling thunder

Answer 42

Continual bombing of north Vietnam Napalm

Question 43

Dove

Answer 43

One who oppose the war

Question 44

Diem

Answer 44

Leader of south Vietnam

Question 45

LBJ

Answer 45

sent ground forces | war escalated under his presidency

Question 46

what was nixon part of

Answer 46

HUAC

Question 47

Protests in election

Answer 47

Democratic Nat. Convention | Yippies

Question 48

5 o'clock follies

Answer 48

Nickname for the regular afternoon press briefings for US journalists in Saigon often characterized by reports of exaggerated enemy body counts and questionable claims of us victories in the war

Question 49

Kent state protest

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1970 Kent state university 4 killed by national guardsmen 16 wounded

Question 50

JFK

Answer 50

sent advisors

Question 51

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

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"the blank check" johnson was then able to get congressional approval to escalate americas involvment in the vietnam war

Question 52

General westmoreland

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In charge of us troops

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France

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in vietnam since late 19th century controlled indochina Us financially supported because of their commitment to stop the spread of communism

Question 54

Calley

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Us platoon leader | in charge of My Lai massacre

Question 55

Vietcong

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``` The enemy Farmers by day Guerrilla warriors Very patient Underestimated by US ```

Question 56

Kissinger

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Sec of State under Nixon

Question 57

Pow camps

Answer 57

Hanoi Hilton | worst of the camps

Question 58

How was the Vietnam war fought

Answer 58

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