US History Vietnam war quiz

the communist leader of North Vietnam was

Ho Chi Minh

The Domino Theory was the Belief that

if the nation went communist, then other would too

The Geneva Accords resulted in

Vietnam dividing between communist N, and anti-communist S.

Vietnam was divided at the

17th Parallel

the leader of South Vietnam supported by the U.S. was

Ngo Dinh Deim

Free Elections in Vietnam were canceled by

NLF - National Liberation Front

The Ho Chi Minh Trail was used for

Veit Cong supply lines from N. Vietnam and neighboring countries

the Vietcong were known for using

booby traps & mines, hot & run ambush, underground tunnels, and lived i general population tactics

the U.S. strategy of war of attraction meant

wear down VC morale - published body counts

Napalm was a weapon that

set fire to the jungle - gasoline-based bomb

Agent Orange was used to

wound civilians and left villages and their surroundings in ruins - a leaf-killing toxic chemical

The ARVN was the

ground forces of S. Vietnam

the U.S. commander who requested more troops was

General William Westmoreland

Two key advisors who supported escalation were

Robert McNamara and Dean Rusk

the draft required

18 year old males - around 18-26

ways people avoided the draft included:

1) medical exemptions

2) join Natl Guard

3) applied as Conscientious objector

4) fled the country

5) college deferment

many soldiers in Vietnam were

mostly poor whites, African Americans and minorities

The Student for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a group that

fought for civil rights and fought against Vietnam War and the draft

people who opposed the war were called

Doves

people who supported the war were called

Hawks

On argument against the war was

Vietnam was a civil war or war was immoral

The Tet Offensive was

a sense of surprise attacks by the Viet Cong and the N. on cities and U.S. based throughout S.

The credibility gap refers to

the huge difference between Pres Johnson’s claims of winning and what was really happening - basically turning the general public against the war

in 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson decided to

quit - not re-elect for presidency

the winner of the 1968 election was

Richard Nixion

Vietnamization was a policy that

gradually withdrawal U.S. troops in order for the South Vietnamese to take over

The My Lai Massacre was

a mass murder of unarmed S, Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops

The U.S. invasion of Cambodia led to

campus protest - 1.5 million students

the Kent State University

Vietnam protest that turned into violence - protesters burned down ROTC buildings - 4 protesters were shot and killed and 8 wounded

the Paris Peace Accords (1973) resulted in

the official end of the U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War

the Vietnam War ended with the

The Fall of Saigon

Approximately how many Americans were killed in the war?

58,000 killed

many returned soldiers experienced

PTSD - 3.3 million

After the war, Vietnam and neighboring countries became

communist