Vietnamese war

Question 1

Indochina

Answer 1

Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
part of french Indochina before gaining independence

Question 2

Geneva Acoords (Who and what)

Answer 2

USA, France, SU, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Britain
Divide Vietnam on 17th parallel

Question 3

Agent Orange

Answer 3

Plant killer that caused birth defects, cancers, and other problems
to help clear land to fight on

Question 4

Doves/Hawks

Answer 4

Doves- Anti-war
Hawks- Pro-war

Question 5

Election of 1964

Answer 5

LBJ beats Barry Goldwater
36th Pres

Question 6

Election of 1968

Answer 6

Nixon beat Hubert Humphrey for 37th Pres

Question 7

Capital of south vietnam

Answer 7

Saigon

Question 8

capital of N. Vietnam

Answer 8

Hanoi

Question 9

Dien Bien Phu

Answer 9

-Between french Union and Viet Minh
-Viet Minh wins and France leaves Indochina

Question 10

Ngo Dinh Diem (3 things)

Answer 10

-Leader in S. Vietnam
- persecuted Buhdists
- pocketed $ from USA

Question 11

Ho Chi Minh (3 things)

Answer 11

-Leader of N. Vietnam
- wanted Vietnams independence
-made Viet Minh

Question 12

VietCong

Answer 12

-N. Vietnam
-Guerilla force that fought US and S. Vietnam
-Made of National Liberation Front

Question 13

Gulf of tonkin

Answer 13

US claimed that N. Vietnamese naval vessels had attacked American destroyers in the gulf of tonkin

Question 14

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Answer 14

Authorized US military intervention in Vietnam

Question 15

Napalm

Answer 15

Jelly like substance used in bombing raids the burned continually and uncontrollably

Question 16

Operation Rolling Thunder (4 things and a definition)

Answer 16

Intense, sustained bombing of N Vietnam
-Boost morale in Saigon
- destroy infrastructure in N Vietnam
- cease flow of men/material in S. Vietnam
- End goal of communist insurgency in S vietnam

Question 17

Counterculture

Answer 17

cultural movement that rejected mainstream values and embraced new forms of artistic expression, social experimentation, and political activism.

Question 18

Credibility Gap

Answer 18

made citizens oppose the war, it was a term to describe when the public started opposing the war bc of lack of honesty or transparency

Question 19

Deferments

Answer 19

excusing people from the draft for various reasons

Question 20

tet offensive

Answer 20

campaign of surprise attacks by NVA and VIETCONG against targets throughout S vietnam
-Americans and S Vietnamese drove vietcong back and forced NVA to bear the Burden

Question 21

silent majority

Answer 21

Nixons term to describe large number of americans who supported US gov’s policies in Vietnam but did not participate in public protests against the war

Question 22

Henry Kissinger

Answer 22

negotiated cease fire in vietnam
- sec of state under nixon

Question 23

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Answer 23

supply route through Laos and Cambodia started in N vietnam

Question 24

Conscientious objectors

Answer 24

opposed fighting war on moral or religious grounds

Question 25

Paris Peace talks

Answer 25

peace negotiation effort started by LbJ and lasted till ‘72

Question 26

Kent state

Answer 26

4 students killed, 9 wounded at kent state university in ohio when US army soil dere fired their weapons into a group of protesting students.

Question 27

My Lai

Answer 27

Massacred and raped lots of women and children. US citizens didn’t find our for a year which enraged them even more

Question 28

W Westmoreland

Answer 28

US army general

Question 29

generation gap

Answer 29

term referring to the differences between young people who were more likely to oppose war and older people who were more likely to support the gov and traditional values

Question 30

Fall of saigon

Answer 30

Marked end of vietnam war -N vietnam closed in on S vietnam, and US withdrew troops

Question 31

Lt. William Calley

Answer 31

convicted of war crimes for his role in my lai.

Question 32

Self- Immolation

Answer 32

protest to war, people would set themselves on fire

Question 33

Pentagon Papers

Answer 33

classified study of US involvement in Vietnam War -showed US gov had lied to us about the war

Question 34

Vietnamization

Answer 34

NIXONS plan to Withdraw american forces from vietnam and replace them with S vietnamese forces that would be strong enough to defend their own freedom

Question 35

Coup

Answer 35

Overthrow

Question 36

Paris Peace Talks

Answer 36

Lasted till 72’ Demilitarized Laos and Cambodia US withdraw troops from Vietnam in 60 days 17th parallel Prisoners of war would be realeased

Question 37

Peace W honor

Answer 37

Nixons foreign, withdraw without looking cowardly 1 reform selective service 2 Vietnamization 3 Expand Bombing campaign (Cambodia and Laos)