American Cultures study guide 5/29/25

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What organization worked to contain communism in Southeast Asia?

SEATO

What was the final outcome of the Vietnam War?

Communist control of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam

What surprising announcement did LBJ make in March 1968?

He would not run for re-election

The 1968 communist attack on cities/U.S. embassy was called

Tet Offensive

How did the Selective Service system reduce deferment abuses?

Adopted a lottery

Ho Chi Minh compared his military to a:

Tiger

Where were 4 protesters killed by National Guard in 1970?

Kent State

Which group opposed LBJ's war policy?

Doves

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowed LBJ to

Take all necessary measures to defend U.S. forces

What severely damaged war support in 1971?

Pentagon Papers leak

Nixon's 1970 attempt to break the stalemate:

Attacked Vietcong bases in Cambodia

Who led Vietnam's independence movement vs. France?

Ho Chi Minh

The Paris Peace Accords resulted in:

Cease-fire and U.S. withdrawal

African American soldiers were:

More likely to serve in combat

Antiwar senator who ran for president:

Eugene McCarthy

Communist guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam:

Vietcong

A draftee was:

Non-volunteer soldier

Discrepancy between gov't reports and reality:

Credibility Gap

Pentagon Papers revealed:

Gov't misled public about the war

Democratic antiwar presidential candidate (1968):

Robert Kennedy

Geneva Accords (1954) established:

Division of Vietnam

War Powers Act (1973) aimed to:

Limit presidential war powers

1968 election winner:

Richard Nixon

Why LBJ cut Great Society programs:

Rising war costs

Jellied gasoline weapon:

Napalm

Agent Orange was used to:

Destroy enemy food supply

Leaked 1971 documents exposing war secrets:

Pentagon Papers

Vietcong's primary strategy:

Fight small skirmishes

Operation Rolling Thunder was:

Sustained bombing campaign

"If Vietnam falls, neighbors will too" theory:

Domino Theory

U.S. commander in South Vietnam:

William Westmoreland

War policy supporters:

Hawks

1956 election outcome:

Diem refused to participate

LBJ escalated war by:

Ordering airstrikes

Nixon's troop withdrawal plan:

Vietnamization

Most 1965 soldiers were:

Draftess

Site of U.S. massacre of civilians:

My Lai

Truman helped France because:

Feared communism spreading

Vietminh's decisive victory over France:

Dien Bien Phu

Nixon bombed Cambodia to:

Disrupt communist supplies