Cold War Part 2 Review

Set a 60 day limit on the president's ability to send troops to foreign lands. 

Guerilla warfare and ambush patrols were strategies used by

The Vietnam war undermined Americans trust in American leaders

Entered the war because he underestimated the communist threat

These soldiers were more likely than others to serve in combat positions in Vietnam

B/c the U.S. didn't try to stop east Germans from defecting to the West thru Berlin the Soviets

The university in which 4 students were killed by the National Guard for protesting Vietnam. 

By the end of the Vietnam war, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam were all

A sustained bombing campaign ordered by LBJ to take out Vietcong and Ho Chi Minh Trail

The build up of military forces

These revealed that American leaders had misled Congress and the people about Vietnam

Vietnam veterans received a warm welcome and victory parades after the war was over.

_________ did not agree with U.S. forces fighting in Vietnam _________ did.

rebel leader of the Vietminh who wanted an independent, communist Vietnam

Tactics used in the Vietnam war were

Jellied gasoline that exploded when dropped in large canisters

President Nixon wanted to empower South Vietnamese forces to take on more combat duties

In order to try to reduce the flow of supplies to the Vietcong Nixon ordered the bombing of

The Tet offensive was

The Vietcong were communist fighters from

Herbicide warfare used to destroy plants, crops, and food supplies.

Allowed President Johnson to commit troops to Vietnam and essentially declare war w/o congress.

Led the U.S. forces in Vietnam

Truman and Kennedy both believed that if Vietnam fell to communism other countries would follow

100s of Vietnamese women, children, and the elderly were killed by American soldiers at

Published by the New York Times, these exposed government secrets about the Vietnam War. 

Nixon's plan: get U.S. out of Vietnam so it didn't look like defeat, but as negotiating peace

Most U.S. soldiers in Vietnam were

adopted a lottery to avoid people deferring from fighting in Vietnam

This president escalated involvement in Vietnam by allowing U.S. military advisers to engage in combat

Although unsuccessful, the _______ demonstrated the will for the Vietcong to continue fighting