Vietnam keywords

Question 1

Battle of Dien Bien Phu

Answer 1

The Vietnamese forces were able to surround the French forces at Dien Bien Phu forcing the French to surrender and give up their colony

Question 2

President elected in south Vietnam 1955

Answer 2

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 3

Vietcong set up

Answer 3

Set up by Ho Chi Minh to oppose the southern dictator Diem

Question 4

Strategic hamlet project

Answer 4

Moving Vietnamese out of their villages and in to their camps to remove the Vietcongs influence but they had no choice if they moved and their villages had burial grounds on so it lead to anger at the US so lead to recruitments to the Vietcong

Question 5

Diem overthrown

Answer 5

Diem’s generals led a military coup because he was creating opposition by discriminating against Buddhists which was the national religion and meant the south Vietnamese didn’t want him either

Question 6

The gulf of Tonkin incident

Answer 6

when a north Vietnamese ship fired at the USS Maddox later it was claimed that there was a second attack but there was no evidence of this

Question 7

Operation rolling thunder

Answer 7

American bombing campaign of north Vietnam from the 2nd of March 1965 to the 2nd of November 1968

Question 8

Tet offensive

Answer 8

Large scale attack on the southern Vietnamese cities the Americans regained control and more Vietcong died then Americans but it showed the American public that the Vietcong were not on their last legs

Question 9

My Lai massacre

Answer 9

Goo

Question 10

Vietnamisation

Answer 10

Nixons policy of vietnamisation

Question 11

operation rolling thunder

Answer 11

the bombing campaign by America in north Vietnam from the 2nd of March 1965 to the 2nd of November 1968

Question 12

Tet offensive

Answer 12

a large scale attack led by the north on South Vietnamese cities it led to high North Vietnamese casualties but it showed the American people that the Vietcong were not on the verge of defeat

Question 13

my Lai massacre

Answer 13

sv

Question 14

vietnamistion

Answer 14

Nixon’s policy of withdrawal from Vietnam he would also give more power to the south Vietnamese government

Question 15

attacks on Cambodia and Laos

Answer 15

Nixon bombed Cambodia and Laos where the Ho Chi Minh trail was however done without Congress knowing

Question 16

geneva agreement

Answer 16

that France would withdraw from Vietnam and the north and south would be divided along the 17th line elections would also be held

Question 17

containment

Answer 17

was the policy used by the US to stop the spread of communism and to stop the growing sphere of influence of the soviet union and china

Question 18

domino theory

Answer 18

that if one country such as Vietnam falls to communism that others around it like Cambodia and Laos will and will continue until the US is the the only capitalist country left

Question 19

national liberation front (NLF)

Answer 19

in 1960 former members of the South Vietnamese army formed the NLF to oppose Diem’s regime formed from 12 different groups like Buddhists and communists and used guerilla warfare

Question 20

Ngo Dinh Diem

Answer 20

the violent dictator of South Vietnam that oppressed Buddhists by giving land to Catholics for example land and jobs

Question 21

ARVN

Answer 21

southern Vietnam army supported by the US with money and advisors

Question 22

coup d’etat

Answer 22

when a leader is overthrown by military means

Question 23

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 23

the communist leader of North Vietnam supported by the soviet union and China

Question 24

ho chi Minh trail

Answer 24

the route in which north Vietnam gets supplies to the south and it goes through Cambodia and Laos

Question 25

guerilla tactics

Answer 25

Vietcong attacked American soldiers in small groups causing paranoia this was to make it not worth their while trying to invade them and just leave

Question 26

search and destroy

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when Americans bombed villages suspected of harboring Vietcong

Question 27

tunnel systems

Answer 27

used by the Vietcong to live and work and could be used to escape from Americans as they knew the caves and were smaller so could fit through smaller gaps

Question 28

agent orange

Answer 28

a chemical weapon used by the US which destroys forests and could even kill people

Question 29

napalm

Answer 29

a burning substance which sticks to skin and can’t be put out by water

Question 30

madman theory

Answer 30

Nixon tried to convince North Vietnam he would use nuclear weapons so they would surrender but it didn’t work

Question 31

silent majority

Answer 31

Nixon appeals to the “silent majority” the people that don’t make a noise but they still don’t want communism so voted for Nixon

Question 32

operation linebacker 2

Answer 32

when the Americans bombed the republic of Vietnam from 18th December 1972 to the 29th of December 1972

Question 33

hard hats

Answer 33

people in the builders union who supported Nixon and opposed the students when they demonstrated against the Vietnam war