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3 $100 $500 $400 $200 $300 $200 $300 $500 $400 Hot Spots PeopleWeapons War at Home Pot Luck CLICK HERE FOR FINAL JEOPARDY

4 The most famous prison camp was at this North Vietnamese capital.

5 What is Hanoi? $100

6 The conflict at this location propelled the US into the war militarily.

7 What is Gulf of Tonkin ? $200

8 The French left Vietnam after their defeat at this city in 1954.

9 What is Dien Bien Phu? $300

10 This DMZ city was under attack for two years, starting with the Tet holiday.

11 What is Khe Sanh? $400

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13 This city fell to communism on April 30, 1975 and was renamed Ho Chi Minh city.

14 What is Saigon? $???

15 This communist leader thought the US would understand his goal of liberation for the Vietnamese people.

16 Who is Ho Chi Minh? $100

17 This man was in charge of US forces.

18 Who is General William Westmoreland? $200

19 This group consisted of South Vietnamese against the American presence in Vietnam.

20 Who is the Viet Cong? $300

21 This man negotiated the Paris Peace Accords for the US.

22 Who is Henry Kissinger? $400

23 This person was court martialed for his involvement at My Lai.

24 $500 Who is Lt. William Calley?

25 This effective style of warfare for the Viet Cong was defined by “hit and run” maneuvers.

26 $100 What is guerilla warfare?

27 This herbicide was used on jungle terrain and had horrible physical effects after the war.

28 $200 What is Agent Orange?

29 This series of paths was used to get men and weapons into South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive.

30 $300 What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

31 This gel and gas mixture was used to burn villages, often with children being harmed.

32 $400 What is napalm?

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34 Examining VC villages and rooting out the enemy was called this.

35 $??? What are search and destroy missions?

36 This incident was a result of protests against Nixon’s bombing of Cambodia.

37 $100 What is the Kent State killings?

38 In 1968, protesters descended on Chicago for this event.

39 $200 What is the Democratic National Convention?

40 Nixon appealed to this group who he felt supported the US government and wanted law and order at home.

41 $300 What is the “silent majority”?

42 These politically active young people nominated a pig for president in 1968.

43 $400 Who are yippies?

44 The NY Times reported lies and errors made in Vietnam in these defense document.

45 $500 What are the Pentagon Papers?

46 Eisenhower’s idea that if one country falls to communism, they all will.

47 $100 What is the domino theory?

48 The US dropped bombs on the North in this 3 year campaign; it didn’t seem to dampen enemy spirits.

49 $200 What is Operation Rolling Thunder?

50 This yippie leader led the protests in Chicago in 1968.

51 $300 Who is Abbie Hoffman?

52 This brutal communist regime in Cambodia created the killing fields.

53 $400 What is the Khmer Rouge?

54 This allows for the US to go to war only if Congress approves.

55 $500 What is the War Powers Act?

56 The War Ends

57 Americans suffered from these aspects of Vietnam Syndrome. (EXPLAIN!)

58 What are: Doubts about US judgment, credibility and American power?


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