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| Who led the nationalist movement in Vietnam? | Ho Chi Minh |
| Who did Vietnam belong to first, before World War Two? | France |
| Define the Domino Theory. | If one falls to communism then they all fall. |
| Who had seized Vietnam during World War Two? | Japan |
| What was the outcome of the Geneva Accords? | Temporary division of Vietman on the 17th parallel |
| Who resided in North Vietnam? | Communists |
| What fighting group did the nationalist group create? | Viet Minh |
| Who was put in charge of the pro-American government? | Ngo Dinh Diem |
| Who was the first U.S. president involved in Vietnam? | Eisenhower |
| Who fought for the National Liberation of Vietnam? | Viet Cong |
| Who resided in South Vietnam? | Non-communists |
| Why was Vietnam not an “official war?” | Congress never declared war. |
| Who was the second U.S. president to be involved in Vietnam? | Kennedy |
| Who was the third president involved in Vietnam? | Johnson |
| What was the outcome of the Gulf of Tonkin? | The president could do whatever necessary to end aggression |
| Define stalemate. | No winners or losers |
| Wy was Vietnam not a conventional war? | It was a guerilla war fought in the jungles. |
| What was Operation Rolling Thunder? | Am mission that harmed the North but failed overall. |
| What did Johnson promise in the 1964 election? | Not to send Am boys over to do what Asian boys ought to be doing on their own. |
| What were two of the things that America used to destroy vegetation in Vietnam? | Napalm and Agent Orange |
| Define fragging. | Killing your officer |
| What were “S and Ds?” | Search and Destroy missions by Am. |
| What did the Tet Offensive prove? | The war was far from over |
| Why was it harder for younger and newer recruits to develop commitment to the war? | Draft time was shorter and they did not enter by choice |
| What was significant about Tet? | Vietnamese New Year |
| Why were deserters not subject to the death penalty? | Vietnam was not an offical war |
| Who was assassinated in April 1968? | Martin Luther King Junior |
| Who was assassinated in June 1968? | Senator Robert Kennedy |
| Who was the fourth U.S. president to be involved in Vietnam? | Nixon |
| Define the Lottery System. | Draft where they chose birthdays at randon |
| What two things did Henry Kissinger believe had to change in order to end the war? | Military draft and decrease in Am casualties |
| Define Veitnamization. | Withdrawl of Am troops from Vietnam |
| What were the Pentagon Papers? | Classified papers sold to the NY Times |
| Who were the Plumbers? | Covertly broke into Ellisburg's office to try and discredit him |
| I the early 1970s, why did Nixon feel he needed to resolve matters in Vietnam? | He needed to be reelected |
| Who was Daniel Ellisburg? | Former Dept of Def who made copies of classified papers and sold them to the NY Times |
| What was the date of the cease-fire agreement? | Jan 27, 1973 |
| What year did the fighting actually end? | 1975 |
| Who was the fifth U.S. president involved in Vietnam? | Ford |
| What happened to Vietnam in the end? | It fell to communism |
