Final - Vietnam

Question 1

Ngo Dinh Diem

Answer 1

South Vietnam distrust the crooked leader
With American approval the South Vietnamese military overthrew and assassinated Diem in November 1963

Question 2

Ho Chi MInh

Answer 2

President of North VIetnam

Question 3

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Answer 3

Gives Johnson
limited war powers. Soldiers can defend themselves. Bad because
it doesn’t allow for overwhelming force

Question 4

Tet Offensive

Answer 4

By 1968, war is wearing on American people. North
surprises and attacks S. Vietnam during a cease fire. Gets all the
way to Saigon

Question 5

Operation Rolling Thunder

Answer 5

Feb 1965 – Operation Rolling Thunder: Heavy bombing of Hanoi in
N Vietnam by US

US Uses small patrols to seek out enemy, inspect villages

Question 6

Counter-Culter Movement (Hippies)

Answer 6

“baby killers”
songs
protests

Question 7

Kent State Shootings

Answer 7

members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students

Question 8

Peace With Honor

Answer 8

Richard Nixon takes office in 1969 and promises “Peace with
Honor”
b. Escalates attacks in Laos and Cambodia, attacking the Ho Chi Minh
Trail. Trying to help S. Vietnam before we leave.
c. Fighting is turned over to ARVN army (South Vietnam) in 1972, last
US Soldiers leave

Question 9

Vietcong

Answer 9

Vietcong: Supporters of Ho Chi Minh that
fight in South Vietnam. No Uniforms

Guerrilla Warfare
i. Thick, dense jungle makes fighting difficult – Use of Napalm
and Agent Orange
ii. Vietcong use booby traps and tunnels to evade and ambush
US forces
iii. Helicopters are used at a high rate in Vietnam: Bell Helicopter