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CH. 20 VIETNAM WAR REVIEW You may change or add to your answers.

1. Why did President Johnson enter the Vietnam War? He believed in the domino theory

2. What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allow President Johnson to do? To take all necessary measures to defend against armed attacks on U.S. forces.

3. What was Operation Thunder? It was a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.

4. In Ho Chi Minh s metaphor who was the elephant and who was the tiger? Elephant was US military forces. Tiger was Ho Chi Minh s military.

5. Which plan or agreement divided Vietnam into North and South? Geneva Accords

6. Why did President Truman agree to aid France s efforts to regain control over Vietnam? He feared the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.

7. Describe the Vietcong s war strategy. How did they prefer to fight? Small skirmishes

8. Which President escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam by ordering air strikes and committing troops? President Johnson

9. What did Ngo Dinh Diem do in the Vietnamese 1956 elections? He refused to participate. (Knew he would lose)

10. How did most of the men in the Vietnam War become soldiers by 1965? They were drafted.

11. How were African American soldiers typically used during the Vietnam War? They were more likely than others to serve in combat positions.

12. How did the Tet Offensive damage American morale? It showed Americans that the communists had not lost the will or ability to fight.

13. Who won the 1968 presidential election? Nixon

14. What event in 1968 convinced U.S. military leaders that a quick end to the war was not possible? The Tet Offensive

15. Why did Nixon order secret bombings of the Ho Chi Minh trail? To reduce the flow of supplies to the communists.

16. What happened in My Lai? U.S. troops killed hundreds of innocent civilians.

17. What revealed that American leaders misled Congress and the American people about the war? Pentagon Papers

18. When did the communists take control of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam? At the end of the Vietnam War

19. According to whom, the Nixon s visit to China has bridged the vastest ocean in the world, twentyfive years of no communication.? Zhou Enlai the Chinese Primere.

20. How does Nixon describe his approach to foreign policy? Pragmatic

21. What did Nixon believe would have as a result of normalizing relations between U.S. and China? It would drive a wedge between China and the Soviet Union.

22. What did China demonstrate by inviting an American table tennis team to play against its athletes? China s willingness to open talks with U.S.

23. How did the Soviet Union respond to the normalization of relations between China and the United States? Brezhnev invited Nixon to visit Moscow.

24. What was the difference in reception of the Vietnam veterans versus veterans from WWII? Vietnam veterans did not receive a warm welcome, whereas victory parades were held in response to the return of veterans from the world wars.

25. Which presidential administration began the credibility gap? Johnson s administration

26. What was President Nixon s Vietnamization policy? He wanted to empower South Vietnamese forces to assume more combat duties.

27. Why did the U.S. government plot to overthrow and assassinate Ngo Dinh Diem? Diem s restrictive regime was not supported by the South Vietnamese people.

28. In the 1968 presidential election what were the middle class blue-collar workers and conservative youth called? The Silent Majority

29. Who was rebel leader who demanded independence for Vietnam? Ho Chi Minh

30. What theory supported the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, its neighbors would follow? Domino theory

31. What were the guerrilla fighters who launched an insurgency in Vietnam called? Vietcong

32. What is napalm? A jellied gasoline that explodes when dropped in large canisters

33. What was the coordinated assault by communist forces on more than 40 cities in Vietnam called? Tet Offensive

34. Who was Eugene McCarthy? An anti-war candidate for President in 1968

35. Who was President Nixon s leading adviser on national security and international affairs? Henry Kissinger

36. Who was the Chinese premier who normalized relations with President Nixon? Zhou Enlai