1. Vietnam Jeopardy VocabularyPeopleCauses/ Events U.S. Strategies Vietnam at Home Potpourri 100 200 300 400 500

2. This was Eisenhower’s idea that if one country falls to communism, the surrounding countries will also fall. home

3. The Domino Theory home

4. Vietnam was called the “Living-Room War” because: home

5. People were watching the war on TV each night and were highly influenced by what they saw home

6. The communist political party whose goal it was free Vietnam from foreign rule home

7. Vietminh home

8. Those people who were against the war effort and believed we should withdraw home

9. Doves home

10. President Nixon’s strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War home

11. Vietnamization home

12. Communist leader of the North Vietnamese, who was loved by many of his peasants home

13. Ho Chi Minh home

14. a person who supported U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and believed that the United States should increase military force to win it home

15. Hawks home

16. the South Vietnamese Communists who, with North Vietnamese support, fought against the government of South Vietnam home

17. Vietcong home

18. initial leader of South Vietnam who Kennedy supported but cancelled the 1956 election in Vietnam home

19. Ngo Dinh Diem home

20. The name of the army the U.S. supported in an attempt to contain communism is Vietnam ( full credit for full name ) home

21. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) home

22. a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities early in 1968 home

23. Tet Offensive home

24. stretched through neighboring Laos and Cambodia to deliver weapons and supplies to the Vietcong in the South home

25. Ho Chi Minh Trail home

26. Vietnam was divided along the 17 th parallel based on this agreement: home

27. Geneva Accords home

28. passed to give President Johnson greater military powers during the war in 1964 home

29. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution home

30. This was passed in order to ensure the expanded presidential power granted in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution can not happen again home

31. War Powers Act home

32. This strategy used by the U.S. was based on wearing out the enemy, but was overall unsuccessful home

33. Strategy of attrition home

34. This bombing campaign was planned by LBJ against North Vietnam but was not very effective home

35. Operation Rolling Thunder home

36. These missions were used by US and ARVN in order to find and eliminate the Vietcong home

37. Seek and destroy missions home

38. A combination of these were used to burn away vegetation to be able to better find the enemy home

39. Agent Orange and Napalm home

40. Nixon organized a secret bombing campaign on _____, even after he laid his plans for Vietnamization (DAILY DOUBLE for explanation of WHY) home

41. Cambodia and Laos In order to destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail home

42. used to provide soldiers for the war but abolished by Congress after the war home

43. Military draft home

44. college campus where a riot broke out in 1970 leaving 4 dead and 12 wounded home

45. Kent State University home

46. 7,000 page document released in 1971 that proved the government had been lying about the war home

47. Pentagon Papers home

48. The difference between what Americans were hearing from government officials and what they were hearing/seeing on TV was known as: home

49. The Credibility Gap home

50. List as many effects on Vietnam Veterans as you can home

51. Treated poorly upon return home, Post traumatic stress disorder, effects of Agent Orange, Drug Problems home

52. estimated number of Americans who died in the Vietnam War home

53. 58,000 Americans Killed home

54. List the conflicting goals of each side at the Paris Peace Talks home

55. North Vietnam Wanted a united Vietnam, under communist rule US & South Vietnam Wanted an end to the war Wanted self-rule for South Vietnam, under a capitalist/democratic government home

56. This event was the turning point in the war, one that changed the support of the American public home

57. Tet offensive home

58. What two peaceful men were assassinated in 1968? home

59. Martin Luther King Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy home

60. What happened on April 30 th 1975? home

61. Saigon fell to North Vietnam and the entire country was united under Communism home