Vietnam War

Question 1

4 solutions: raise taxes, cut programs, end war, borrow money

Answer 1

Guns vs. Butter

Question 2

Johnson’s blank check to do what he needs to to stop further aggression in the region

Answer 2

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 3

site of massacre by US soldiers on women and children. resulted in US soldiers being called baby killers

Answer 3

My Lai Massacre

Question 4

guerrilla warfare, hit and run, fighting at night

Answer 4

VC tactics

Question 5

battle where the French were defeated by the Vietnamese

Answer 5

Dien Bien Phu

Question 6

US battleship attacked which sparks US involvement in Vietnam

Answer 6

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Question 7

US military base which was under attack for 77 days during the Tet Offensive

Answer 7

Khe Sanh

Question 8

US intense bombing of North Vietnam

Answer 8

Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 9

South Vietnamese refugees who escaped to America

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boat people

Question 10

peace treaty with North Vietnam. Release of POWs

Answer 10

Paris Peace Accords

Question 11

long hair, drug use, tie dye clothing, evaded the draft, Marched on Washington

Answer 11

Counter culture

Question 12

1st televised war which influences public opinion

Answer 12

impact of TV

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anti-war protest by 10,000

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1968 Democratic National Convention

Question 14

supporters of the war

Answer 14

Hawks

Question 15

opposes the war

Answer 15

Doves

Question 16

anti-war protest where 4 students were killed

Answer 16

Kent State

Question 17

3 day rock concert

Answer 17

Woodstock

Question 18

against going to war for moral or religious beliefs

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conscientious objector

Question 19

to intentionally injure a fellow soldier to teach him a lesson

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fragging

Question 20

a chemical defoliant that destroys all vegetation. Later realized it caused cancer

Answer 20

Agent Orange

Question 21

jellied gasoline

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Napalm

Question 22

booby trap intended to maim, not always kill

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land mines

Question 23

sharpened bamboo sticks

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punji sticks

Question 24

soldier who would crawl through the tunnels in search of the VC

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tunnel rat

Question 25

US mission to find the enemy and kill them

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US mission to find the enemy and kill them

Question 26

Communist soldiers fighting in South Vietnam

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Vietcong

Question 27

soldiers who might experience nightmares, flashbacks, or aversion to loud noises

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Question 28

limits the presidents power to deploy troops

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War Powers Act

Question 29

lowered the voting age to 18

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26th Amendment

Question 30

the gradual reduction of troops in Vietnam

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Vietnamization Policy

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1 year in country

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Tour of duty

Question 32

low interest loans to buy a house, start a business or go to college

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GI Bill of Rights

Question 33

black granite wall which looks like a scar cut into the earth. Names represent fallen soldiers

Answer 33

Vietnam War Memorial

Question 34

killed after winning the California primary

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Robert Kennedy

Question 35

killed Robert Kennedy in the kitchen with a gun

Answer 35

Sirhan Sirhan

Question 36

Supreme Commander of American forces in Vietnam

Answer 36

Westmoreland

Question 37

ordered the massacre of the women and children in My Lai

Answer 37

Lt. Calley

Question 38

leader of North Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

Question 39

1/2 American, 1/2 Asian

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Amer-Asians

Question 40

cult leader responsible for ordering the murder of 6 people

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Charles Manson

Question 41

actress who was murdered by member of the Charles Manson cult

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Sharon Tate

Question 42

nickname for the Vietnam War because of college deferment

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Poor Man's War

Question 43

tactic used by VC including land mines, punji sticks, swinging ladies, foot traps

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booby traps

Question 44

cease fire to recognize the Vietnamese new year but the NVA and VC attacked anyway and won a moral victory

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Tet Offensive

Question 45

supply line in Laos and Cambodia to get weapons to the VC

Answer 45

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 46

North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin, Laos, Cambodia

Answer 46

Map of Vietnam

Question 47

made the US realize the SVA is no match for the NVA

Answer 47

invasion of Laos

Question 48

formerly known as Siagon

Answer 48

Ho Chi Minh City