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Unit 4b: Vietnam war review
Unit 4b: Vietnam war review
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What was Nixon's policy called to get us OUT of Vietnam?
Pentagon papers
Decimation
Don't ask, don't tell
Vietnamization
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What did the Tonkin Gulf resolution gave president Johnson?
Support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
a "blank check" to take whatever action he wanted in Vietnam
Support from the American people for the War
Specific guidelines about the number of troops to send
3
What document confirmed that the gov't had been lying to us about Vietnam?
Pentagon papers
Tonkin Gulf resolution
the Magna Carta
the Constitition
4
What happened at Kent State in 1970?
MLK shot there
peace rally
4 college students killed by the OH National GUard
first draft started
5
Why did the US originally send "military advisers" to Vietnam?
to help the French keep it from falling to communism
to help the Japanese after WWII
to help the Vietcong
to support the Chinese in taking it over
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What was the agreement reached at the Geneva Convention (Accords) in 1954?
The Japanese lost control of Vietnam
The Chinese would take over the country of Vietnam.
Vietnam would be temporarily split, and elections would happen 2 yrs later
The French would maintain control of Vietnam
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What were the Communists in South Vietnam called?
Diem supporters
Vietcong
Buddhists
Vietminh
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How did the media impact the progress of the war?
It was censored to avoid controversial images
It showed Americans at home the human costs of the war.
The media didn't cover the war in Vietnam
It convinced Americans the war was not going well.
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The theory that if one country fell to Communism, they all would is the ______ theory
all fell down
dice
domino
checkers
10
What is the 26th amendment?
the War Powers act
2 term limit for Pres
raised the drinking age
lowered voting to 18
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Guerilla tactics involved
non-traditional strategies to mislead your enemy
hit and run attacks
sabotage
tunnels and underground bunkers
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Why did the US use the herbicide Agent Orange during the war?
To cause cancer for Vietnamese civilians
To help the farmers get rid of weeds in the rice paddies
To kill foliage (leaves)-cut off food supply and destroyed cover from trees
To keep civilians safe in Vietnam
13
What was the offensive called that was started on January 30, 1968?
Tet
Saigon
Hue
Haiphong
14
What was the primary motivation for going to war in Vietnam?
to contain Communism
as revenge for Korea
to test our nukes
to defeat Diem
15
What was the purpose of the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
To support the people in Laos and Cambodia
to get supplies and troops to the South
To get to the Mekong Delta
To aid the Americans trying to fight the way
16
What is the jellied explosive called that we used to find the Vietcong?
Agent Orange
Napalm
pesticides
Victor Charlie
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What happens to Vietnam after the Americans leave in 1973?
the North wins
it's still divided
the South wins
18
Who becomes President in 1968?
JFK
Ford
LBJ
Nixon
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Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Van Theiu
Kim Jong Un
Ho Chi Minh
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What caused the protests at Kent State?
the 4 kids killed
The US expanding the war into Cambodia
the draft
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