Vietnam War Era

Rebel organization in South Vietnam that wanted to become part of North Vietnam.

Which US President was given a "blank check" to fight the Vietnamese?

Because of the amount of coverage in the Media, Vietnam was the first ______.

What was a popular method of protest during the Vietnam Era?

Term that shows how the American public began to distrust the US Government.

Newspaper agency that was sued by the Government for printing the Pentagon Papers.

Event that was the primary cause for the resignation of President Nixon.

Which individual would come to lead North Vietnam?

Congressional rule that limits the Presidents ability to wage undeclared wars.

Event that officially brought the US into war with North Vietnam.

Violent clashes took place here between police and protesters outside the Democratic Convention

Birthplace of the counterculture movement.

Bombing campaign against the North Vietnamese that lasted the first 3 years of the war.

Which village in Vietnam was massacred by Lt. William Calley and his company of troops?

What event was responsible for bringing a negative outlook on the Vietnam War?

Policy that shifted responsibility for fighting the Vietnam War to the South Vietnamese.

Which journalist was responsible for the drop in public opinion following the Tet Offensive? 

Which country originally colonized Vietnam?

Muhammad Ali's refusal to enter the war on religious grounds  is an example of ____.

Treaty that divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel into North and South Vietnam.

Battle that forced France to abandon Vietnam as its colony.

Famous music festival held on August of 1969.

He won the 1968 Election thanks in part due to support from the Silent Majority.

Weapon that was used to destroy the rain forests of Vietnam.

Treaty that ended the US Military involvement in Vietnam.

A policy that sought to stop the spread of communism; adopted by Harry Truman.

Belief that if one country becomes communist, the surrounding countries would turn communist.

Daniel Ellsberg was responsible for releasing the _____.

Who did the United States select to be the new leader of South Vietnam?

People that supported the war in Vietnam were called ____.

Identify the two neutral countries that the Ho Chi Minh Trail went through.

How many American troops died in Vietnam?

Saigon was renamed ____ after it fell to the North Vietnamese.

Massacre that took place on May 4, 1970.

Most successful operation to air lift US personnel out of Saigon on April 30, 1975.