Vietnam War

Question 1

Who is the leader of North Vietnam?

Answer 1

Ho Chi Minh

Question 2

Who is the leader of South Vietnam? He was a Roman Catholic; pro-capitalist

Answer 2

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 3

Who’s government did U.S. aid?

Answer 3

Diem’s

Question 4

What was Kennedy’s war about?

Answer 4

JFK increases military involvement with advisers.

He ordered assasination of Diem via coup d’ etat

Question 5

When Lyndon B. Johnston took presidency what did he focus on?

Answer 5

Maintaining communism

Question 6

What was the tankin gulf incident?

Answer 6

Ship, carrying guns/ammunition to help self vietnam

Question 7

What was the controversy about the vietnam war?

Answer 7

Drafting

Question 8

Why was the vietnam war a ground war?

Answer 8

There were no territorial goals

Question 9

Why was the Vietnam war called the first “livingroom war”

Answer 9

the horrors of war were documented on tv.

Question 10

What is the dmz

Answer 10

Demilitarized zone

Question 11

What was South Vietnam

Answer 11

Democracy

Question 12

What ws the Air war about?

Answer 12

Operation rolling thunder

Question 13

What was operation rolling thunder?

Answer 13

bombing of Hanoi: target: Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 14

What does POW stand for

Answer 14

Prisoners of War

Question 15

What is carpet bombing?

Answer 15

Napalm

Question 16

Viet Cong:

Answer 16

Farmers by day, guerillas by night

Question 17

Who implemented Search and Destroy policy?

Answer 17

General William Westmoreland

Question 18

How is success measured?

Answer 18

Body Count

Question 19

What is the Tet offense

Answer 19

N Vietnamese and Viet Cong attack south simultaneously

—- seen as amaerican defeat—-
Hey LBJ how many kids did you kill today?
Popularity of LBJ goes down

Question 20

200-500 unarmed villagers murdered

Answer 20

My Lai Massacre

Question 21

What were the anti war demonstrations

Answer 21

Columbia Unversity: students destroy research

Kent State University: Kprotest kids through rocks, 4 kids shot on way to class

Question 22

Why are we in Vietnam?

Answer 22

Containment

Question 23

Conscientious objector

Answer 23

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Question 24

a person who avoids the draft policies of his/her nation by leaving the country, going into hiding, or other attempts at fradulent means

Answer 24

draft dodger

Question 25

Senetors buying their way out

Answer 25

A rich mans war and a poor mans fight

Question 26

Amnesty and Ramifications

Answer 26

Cultural reconciliation

Question 27

Refusing to submit-

Answer 27

criminal offense

Question 28

What was Nixon's campaign promise?

Answer 28

Peace and Honor

Question 29

What is the handing over of the Vietnam war to south vietnam?

Answer 29

Vietnamization

Question 30

What is Agent Orange

Answer 30

herbicidal warfare, spray caused 400,000 deaths and 500,000 birth defects

Question 31

What were the pentagon papers about

Answer 31

American public being lied to government documents leaking Johnstons admin. war efforts documents- gov misled American people on its intentions in vietnam

Question 32

What was the ceasefire and the conditions

Answer 32

between south vietnam and north vietnam conditions: US removal of troops, norht vietnam could leave troops in south vietnam, n vietnam resume war, no provisions for pow or mia

Question 33

Fallof Saigon

Answer 33

America abandons vietnam

Question 34

What were the costs of the vietnam war

Answer 34

US morale, confidence in government, trust decimated ----we tied/ lost--- US spends 150 billion 3 million vietnamese killed

Question 35

impact of vietnam war

Answer 35

26th amendment: voting age changes to 18 Nixon abolished draft War Powers Act: Pres must notify congress 48 hours before deploy, pres must withdraw forces if congress approves in less than 90 days

Question 36

How does Nixon win the elction in 1968

Answer 36

Electoral college, runs through peace and honor

Question 37

The hardworking Americans who paid taxes, desired a restoration of law and order

Answer 37

silent Majority

Question 38

Who does Nixon not like

Answer 38

hippies and young people voting

Question 39

What did the Oentagon Papers do?

Answer 39

Exposed Vietnam War | The newspapers win

Question 40

Who were the White House plumbers?

Answer 40

Stopped leaks they tried to make Daniel Ellsburg a crazy person

Question 41

What is Watergate

Answer 41

He name of the hotel that the burgalars went into

Question 42

Who uncovered the Watergate scandal and who did they work for?

Answer 42

Bob Woodard and Carl bernstien | Worked for Washington Post

Question 43

What is the committee to re-elect the president. A spy fund to fund the plumbers

Answer 43

The Creep

Question 44

What is all the recorded audio from Nixon's office?

Answer 44

The smoking gun tapes

Question 45

What was the saturday night massacre

Answer 45

on saturday anyone that could watergate took place was fired

Question 46

What was Nixon the first to do?

Answer 46

Resign

Question 47

What was the lasting impact of the watergate scandal

Answer 47

American distrust in politics

Question 48

What was Nixons final message

Answer 48

"I am not a crook"

Question 49

motivations for Draft Dodgers

Answer 49

``` Avoid combat danger political objections to war moral objections to warfare objections to certain wars memebr of diff country ```

Question 50

get out of War

Answer 50

``` Religion Health reasons marrying or fathering a child studnet deferment enlisting in national guard non-pacifist churches missionaries ```