Vietnam War Test

Carpet Bombings

lots of bombs dropped at once at high altitudes

Cluster Bombs

100s of little bomblets

Napalm

jellied gasoline

Agent Orange

herbicide that causes cancer

Punji Stakes

sharpened bamboo

Operating Rolling Thunder

Americans bombing campaign of North Vietnam

Domino Theory

If one country falls to communism the others will

Buddhists

the main religion of Vietnam

College Deferment

if you were in college you weren’t drafted into war

Living Room War

media allowed people to watch the war from their TVs

Lottery System

the way you were drafted by your birthday

1968 Turmoil Examples

black power olympics, most troops in vietnam, 2 assassinations - MLK and Bobby Kennedy

Ho Chi Minh Trail

supply route from north to south vietnam to get vietcong supplies

Eisenhower

came up with domino theory

Ho Chi Minh

leader of North Vietnam

Ngo Dinh Diem

puppet leader of South Vietnam

Vietminh

group who fought the French

Vietcong

south vietnamese communists

N.V.A.

north vietnamese army

Hawk

pro-war

Dove

anti-war

Japan

controlled Vietnam during WW2

French

Vietnam was their colony

Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution

gave LBJ the power to make desicions

19 years old

average age for Vietnam

26 years old

average age for WW2

17th parallel

divided North and South Vietnam

Robert (Bobby) Kennedy

assassinated in California

Martin L. King Jr

assassinated in Memphis

LBJ

president during Vietnam War

Tet Offensive

1968

S.D.S.

most vocal anti-war group

Richard Nixon

won election in 1968

Kent State Massacre

1970

Tunnel Systems

tunnels were used in war

William Westmoreland

leader of the U.S. troops during Vietnam War

Search and Destroy Missions

trying to find Vietcong and kill them

Tactics the Vietcong used

booby traps, tunnels, animals, not knowing who the enemy was

Hanoi

capitol of North Vietnam

Saigon

capitol of South Vietnam

William Calley

got in trouble for My Lai Massacre

James Earl Ray

assassinated Martin L. King Jr.

Sirhan Sirhan

assassinated Bobby Kennedy

Tunnel Rats

U.S. soldiers who investigated tunnels

Maya Ying Lin

designed Vietnam Wall Memorial

Tet Offensive - What

North Vietnamese and Vietcong

Tet Offensive - What

Tet: Vietnamese New Year

Northern Vietnam Army and Vietcong Troops launched a surprise attack on my major cities including Saigon and 100 villages in South Vietnam

Tet Offensive - When

January 30, 1968

Tet Offensive - Where

South Vietnam

Tet Offensive - Outcome

U.S and South Vietnamese win, however U.S. realized they couldn’t win the war which was the turning point

Kent State Massacre - Who

Ohio National Guardsman and college students

Kent State Massacre - What

Ohio National Guard killed 4 Kent State students while protesting the Vietnam War

Kent State Massacre - When

May 1970

Kent State Massacre - Where

Ohio

Kent State Massacre - Outcome

increased protests on college campuses elsewhere during the Vietnam War

My Lai Massacre - Who

William Calley

My Lai Massacre - What

search and destroy mission expected Vietcong (males), ended up killing 400 villagers

My Lai Massacre - When

1968

My Lai Massacre - Where

My Lai, “Pinkville”

My Lai Massacre - Outcome

14 officers were charged with crime and all but one were acquitted, William Calley recieved a life sentence of 3 years