MCMC United States History (Mini-Unit 22 and Vietnam War)

North Vietnamese forces capture South Vietnam’s Capital.

Which president issued Executive Order 9981 to desegregate the armed forces?

America's Asian allies would have to fight their own wars without large #s of American Troops

Which organization led legal challenges against systemic racism during the mid-20th century?

What major event in 1955–1956 showcased the power of collective action against segregation?

Exposed the deception that led U.S. into Vietnam War

Communist offensive attacking 36 provincial capitals, 5 major cities, and US embassy in Saigon.

Aerial bombardment campaign carried out against North Vietnam by the US Air Force from 1965-1968.

Conducted to locate the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong in and around their base areas and to attack them by fire.

Neighboring countries to Vietnam where the Ho Chi Minh trail was located.

Supreme Court decided (6-3) that the government could not restrict the publication of the Pentagon Papers

What legislative action aimed to limit the president’s ability to deploy military forces without Congressional approval?

What nation did Vietnam fight for independence against after World War II?

The integration of Little Rock Central High School highlighted:

Which U.S.-backed operation led to the overthrow of Guatemala’s President Jacobo Árbenz?

What event in 1968 significantly weakened American public support for the Vietnam War?

Conducted to drive enemy forces away from populated areas.

What global movement advocated for alternatives to Cold War polarization?

Resulted in a treaty that ended US involvement in the Vietnam War. (1973)

Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War

American General of ground troops in Vietnam.

Who was considered a hero due to redistributing land to peasants in Vietnam?

Allows the President to use military forces for 60 days, without a formal declaration of war by Congress.

What landmark Supreme Court decision declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

President that proposed the policy of Vietnamization

Process of turning the war back over to South Vietnamese forces. Began in 1973.

Considered the “last straw” for US in the war after North Viet. and US are seen fighting in close combat on TV

Also known as the draft.

The Vietnam War led to:

What Vietnamese leader was put into power in the United States in South Vietnam who embraced anti-Buddhist legislation?

The Domino Theory suggested:

Established that the US would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat

a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened.

What was a lasting impact of U.S. intervention in Latin America during the Cold War?

Lowered the voting age to 18.

How did decolonization reshape global geopolitics during the Cold War?

1968 North Vietnamese offensive. American military victory, but media turns it into a loss

Leader of North Vietnam

Massacre of South Vietnamese civilians by soldiers of the United States.

Powerful defoliant used to kill off jungle plants and food crops. Used by the United States to devastating consequences

Which 1961 conference emphasized independence from Cold War superpowers?

Directed at the enemy in the hamlets, the infrastructure and the farmers by day and at the Viet Cong guerrillas by night

The shift in U.S. foreign policy after Vietnam emphasized:

What did President Eisenhower warn against in his farewell address?

The covert bombing of Cambodia to destroy supply routes and base camps, conducted without the knowledge of Congress

Protesters burned ROTC building/began protesting. National Guard were sent to disperse the crowd/fired on the students

Which resolution allowed President Johnson to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

7,000 page leaked top secret document on the planning of the Vietnam War

What was the primary goal of the U.S. during the Cold War in Latin America?

How did many newly independent nations in Asia and Africa respond to Cold War pressures?

U.S. unit believed the village to be a shelter for 250 Vietcong. US rounded up villagers: 350-400 villagers killed

Jellied Gasoline. Used to effectively fight hidden Viet Cong guerillas

What US President ordered more help for the South Vietnamese government in 1961?

The Non-Aligned Movement sought to:

1964 document that gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to send troops to Vietnam

public skepticism about the Johnson admin. statements on the War, especially from what the public is seeing on TV

Famous North Vietnamese War Prison for fighter pilots shot down over North Vietnam