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Question 1

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 1

Vietnamese communist leader who fought the Japanese in World War II, the French until 1954 and South Vietnam/U.S. until his death in 1969.

Question 2

Domino Theory

Answer 2

A theory that if one nation comes under communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under communist control.

Question 3

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Answer 3

A network of jungle paths winding from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam. It was used as a military route by North Vietnam to supply the Vietcong during the Vietnam War.

Question 4

guerilla warfare

Answer 4

A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes.

Question 5

North and South Vietnam

Answer 5

North Vietnam(communist) and South Vietnam(non communist) split after the French left in 1954. America wanted them to stay divided because it was afraid if they got back together they would turn all communism. U.S. wanted south Vietnam to stay non-communist.

Question 6

Gulf of Tonkin Incident/Resolution

Answer 6

A resolution passed by Congress in 1964 in the wake of a naval confrontation in the Gulf of Tonkin between the U.S. and North Vietnam. It gave the president virtually unlimited authority in conducting the Vietnam War.

Question 7

Viet Cong (VC)

Answer 7

South Vietnamese communist rebels who used guerilla warfare to try to defeat South Vietnam.

Question 8

Napalm

Answer 8

Highly flammable chemical dropped from US planes in firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War.

Question 9

Agent Orange

Answer 9

A toxic leaf-killing chemical sprayed by U.S. planes in Vietnam to expose Vietcong hideouts.

Question 10

Fighting conditions in Vietnam

Answer 10

Terrain: swamps, mountains, jungles, and rivers and tortuous ridges
Climate: furnace-like heat, drenching humidity, and choking dust. Monsoons produced torrential downpours and flash floods.

Question 11

Tet Offensive (1968)

Answer 11

A massive, coordinated Communist assault against more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam.

Question 12

Why support for the Vietnam declined?

Answer 12

-No end in sight
-Mounting casualties
-Mounting protests in the U.S.

Question 13

conscientious objector

Answer 13

Person who refuses to enter the military or bear arms due to moral or religious reasons.