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| After President Nixon announced the bombing of Cambodia (a neutral nation)in 1970, where did tragedy result as militant student demonstrators confronted National Guardsmen? | Kent State University (Ohio) |
| What name did Richard Nixon give the bulk of Americans who he said supported him and the Vietnam War? | Silent Majority |
| What political doctrine believed that if we did not stop Communism in Asia - one country after another would fall to the Reds? | The Domino Theory |
| What was the capital of South Vietnam? | Saigon |
| What is Saigon called today? | Ho Chi Minh City |
| What was the Viet Minh supply route from North Vietnam through the Laotian and Cambodian mountains? | Ho Chi Minh Trail |
| What surprise offensive by the Viet Cong repulsed American troops and embarrassed the U.S.? | Tet Offensive |
| Faced with growing anti-war sentiment, what did President Johnson announce in 1968? | He would not seek reelection |
| What was the French name for its colony comprised of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia? | Indochina |
| What President successfully disengaged American fighting presence (and opened for the door for the fall of South Vietnam two years later)? | Richard Nixon |
| Acording to Loren Baritz, what elements must converge for American military success and public support? | Moral superiority, idealism, and effective technological & bureaucratic organization. |
| What did SECURITY mean to the Vietnamese peasants who were more than 80% of the population? | The village and family were safe and the rice bowls were not empty (subsistence needs). |
| What classic poem is the natioanl literature of Vietnam and provides a reflection of Vietnamese national character and values? | The Tale of Kieu |
| What are characteristics of the Vietnamese over time? | The ability to endure invasion and still retain a basic national character and culture and an innate hostility and distrust of foreigners. |
| Where the economic costs of the Vietnam War? | Expanded national debt and inflation. |
| What were the social costs of the Vietnam War for America? | Society divided, 1/4 million refugees from Indochina came to USA, emotional and physical damage to veterans and 47,382 deaths American. |
| What were the political consequences of the Vietnam War? | The War Powers Act limited Presidential powers, people lost trust in their government, and the Domino Theory did not follow throughout southern Asia. |
| That 1964 Congressional Resolution allowed President Johnson sweeping powers to conduct the war? | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| Who used the Madman Theory to try to frighten North Vietnamese negotiators into action on the stalled Paris Peace talks? | Richard Nixon |
