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Hint	Answer	% Correct
____ ___ ___ fought for Vietnamese independence(communism) (pres. of north Vietnam)	Ho Chi Minh	100%
in the 1800s what country established itself as a colonial power in nam	France	95%
herbicide to burn dense jungle to reveal Viet Cong hiding places.	agent orange	90%
diem filled many govt. positions with members of his own ___	family	90%
communist guerrillas in the South	Viet Cong	90%
if Vietnam fell, Cambodia, Laos, ____ & Thailand would be threatened	Burma	85%
Viet Cong used _____ warfare which we used in the revolutionary war	guerrilla	85%
did this event happen	no	85%
they also had a massive ___ system underground	tunnel	85%
his party was called the ____	Vietminh	85%
divided Vietnam at the __th parallel	17	80%
this assassination happened on Nov of what year	1963	80%
Repub. of Vietnam led by emperor ____ supported bus US	Bao Dai	80%
military staged a ____ ____ & assassinated Diem as he tried to flee.	Coup d’ etat	80%
The location of this attack	Gulf of Tonkin	80%
_ _ _ realized struggle against communism could not be won under Diem.🡪 told S. Vietnamese military we would not object to his overthrow	John Kennedy	80%
south Vietnam begins a ____ government	military	80%
jellylike substance splattered and burned uncontrollably 🡪 stuck to bodies and seared flesh.	napalm	80%
over _._ million of them	1.5	75%
Vietminh defeated French in ____	1954	75%
LBJ announced that N. Vietnamese attacked U.S. destroyers in internat’l waters in this month of 1964	august	75%
In a ___ country	Buddhist	75%
Diem was a _____	Catholic	75%
Most were ______opposed fighting on moral/religious grounds.	conscientious objectors	75%
Amer. involvement in Vietnam was based on Truman’s _____ of communism promise	containment	75%
fear that if one SE Asian country fell to communism, the others would.	domino theory	75%
mtg. that divided Vietnam into 2 sep. nations at 17th parallel	Geneva Accords	75%
relocated peasants to govt.-run _____ to isolate them from Communist influences (happy _____)	hamlet	75%
as a supply route through Laos and Cambodia	Ho Chi Minh Trail	75%
the national _______ ____gained more territory in the South & support of S. Vietnamese people	liberation front	75%
Pres of anti-Comm. South Vietnam	Ngo Dinh Diem	75%
1965: LBJ ordered ________: 3 yr. bombing campaign🡪 still didn’t stop Viet Cong.	Operation Rolling Thunder	75%
assassinated in June while running for the '68 election	Robert Kennedy	75%
U.S. & 7 other nations formed SE Asia Treaty Organ. to stop spread of communism.	SEATO	75%
U.S. Commander ______ requested more troops	Westmoreland	75%
by 1957 over ___,___ draft resistors were believed to have left the country.	100,000	70%
By 1960, U.S. had 675 military advisors assisting S. Vietnam with its struggle against N. Vietnam.1963🡪 ______	16,000	70%
of the year ___	1975	70%
us ___,___ wounded	300,000	70%
U.S. withdrawal of all troops in S. Viet within __ days	60	70%
____ invasion fueled more protest	Cambodia	70%
Dem. Convention in ______ saw protestors beaten down in the street while the nation watched.	Chicago	70%
College students received ____ (postponement), others who couldn’t afford to go to college had to go to war.	deferments	70%
home the ____ were against the conflict	doves	70%
those required to serve in the military (not volunteer)	Draftees	70%
Congress allowed LBJ nearly complete control in Vietnam decisions.	Gulf of Tonkin Resolution	70%
at home ____ were pro-conflict	hawks	70%
U.S., S. Viet., N. Viet.(Hanoi), Viet Cong signed Paris Peace Accords in this month of 1973	January	70%
Ohio students broke windows & set ROTC office on fire🡪 Nat’l guard gassed them & fired into the crowd killing 4, injuring 9	Kent state	70%
All military activities would be ended in ___ & Cambodia	laos	70%
Viet Cong attack ____ in S. Viet. caused 134 U.S. casualties🡪 LBJ ordered a bombing of N. Viet.	Pleiku	70%
S. Viet. capital: Viet Cong attacked Amer. embassy, fierce fighting followed here.	Saigon	70%
this form of bombing consisted of dropping thousands of tons of explosives over large areas🡪 tore N. Vietnam apart.	Saturation	70%
N. Viet. & Viet Cong launched surprise attacks on capitals, major cities & Amer. military bases in S. Viet.	Tet offensive	70%
1967 ___succeeded ___ as S. Viet. Pres.🡪 still couldn’t put together an army to defeat the North (first blank)	Thieu	70%
All prisoners of __ to be released	war	70%
17th parallel still div. the country( yes or no)	yes	70%
costed ___ billion	150	65%
_,___ POW and MIA troops	2,500	65%
us __,___ troops dead	58,000	65%
under orders of Lt.___.	Calley	65%
civil rights. & anti-war demonstrators took over Univ. Pres.’s office in protest, hundreds arrested/ university closed took place at this university	Columbia	65%
distrust of govt. statements	Credibility gap	65%
Chicago Mayor ____ sent police and troops	Daley	65%
Sept. 1964: Berkeley students protested when college would not allow them to pass out civil rts. leaflets.(over 700 arrested)	Free Speech Movement	65%
the youth unsatisfied w/ values of their parents & sought change.	generation gap	65%
Dem’s chose	Hubert Humphrey	65%
all-black univ. student confrontation w/ police killing 2, wounding 11.	Jackson state	65%
in 1967 ___ succeeded ___ as S. Viet. Pres.🡪 still couldn’t put together an army to defeat the North(second blank)	Ky	65%
revealed deceit and lies on the part of the Amer. govt. and our involvment in Vietnam	Pentagon Papers	65%
those who Nixon felt quietly supported his policies.	silent majority	65%
Nixon’s plan to remove Amer. soldiers from Viet. & replace them w/ S. Viet. Soldiers. “peace with honor”	Vietnamization	65%
by end of 1965, # of troops went from 25,000 to	184,000	60%
elected Repub. Nixon who promised to end the war.	middle America	60%
Amer. Massacre of small village of innocent civilians (children, old men, women)	My Lai	60%
those who seek radical change to solve major U.S. problems.	new left	60%
Nixon’s attempt to bring the war to an end🡪 failed.	Paris Peace Talks	60%
called for change (poverty/racism) became New Left political mvt.	Port Huron Statement	60%
S. Viet. Fell & Vietnam united under Communist govt.in ____	spring	60%
faculty members taught night session about issues concerning the war at the university of Michigan	teach ins	60%
limiting Pres. War making power	War Powers Act	60%
By 1968: ___,___ Amer. soldiers in Viet.	536,000	55%
Long _____ __wall of names in order of how they died🡪 each name easily seen	black granite	55%
held contest for designs🡪 21 yr old college stud., ____ won	Maya Ying Lin	55%
granite ____ image of the viewer.	reflects	55%
1979 Viet. Memorial: Jan _____ received Congress permission to build a memorial.	Scruggs	55%