1. Who did the Vietnamese originally fight for their independence after WWII? France

2. What did JFK call his vision for a better America? What were two of the areas it addressed? the New Frontier, Space Race (NASA, Peace Corps, Civil Rights)

3. What did LBJ call his vision for a new America? What were two of the problems it addressed? the Great Society; health care, poverty, civil rights

4. Who was the leader of North Vietnam? Ho Chi Minh

5. Who did the U.S. install as the leader of South Vietnam in the late 1950s? Ngo Dinh Diem

6. What were the southern sympathizers of the communist North called? Viet Cong or NLF

7. Who would immolate themselves to protest Diem’s policies? Buddhist monks

8. What gave LBJ the power to “use any means necessary”? Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

9. Which president oversaw our escalation of the conflict? Who’s policies was he following? LBJ, JFK

10. What program was started to win over the hearts and minds of the South Vietnamese and clear rural areas of VC? pacification

11. Name two things used to defoliate the jungles. napalm & agent orange

12. List two ways combat conditions in Vietnam were unlike those soldiers had prepared for. jungle, traps & guerrilla tactics, heat & rain, unknown enemy

13. What event led to the arrest of the Chicago 7? anti-war protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention

14. What was “vietnamization”? turning the war over to the South Vietnamese

15. What impact did the Tet Offensive have on public opinion about the war? turned many against it

16. Name one factor that made our involvement in Vietnam so controversial. just cause?, high cost ($ & lives), impatience with lack of progress

17. What is the most infamous example of the paranoid fear created by the Viet Cong? My Lai Massacre

18. Why did the U.S. attack Cambodia and Laos? there were bases for the VC and NVA

19. Name two ways you could avoid the draft. college, family, self inflicted wound, act crazy

20. What event immediately preceded the fall of South Vietnam? full withdrawal of U.S. troops

21. What was the fate of many South Vietnamese families who supported the U.S.? became refugees

22. What documents exposed the truth about U.S. plans for Vietnam? Pentagon Papers

23. Which anti-war Presidential candidate was assassinated in 1968? Robert F. Kennedy

24. What was the name of the quiet group that wanted law & order & supported the war? silent majority

25. Who were the Hawks? Who were the Doves? Americans who supported the war, Americans who opposed it

26. What brought an end to deferments for students and married people? draft lottery

27. What were the students at Kent State and Jackson State protesting? invasions of Cambodia & Laos

28. What did the 26 th Amendment do? Who did this favor in the election of 1972? Lowered voting age to 18, George McGovern

29. What minority groups were over- represented in the troops in Vietnam? Blacks and Hispanics

30. What theory proposed that if South Vietnam fell to Communism, the rest of SE Asia would soon follow? domino theory

31. What goal did Nixon claim to be pursuing in the Vietnam War? Peace with Honor

32. What tactic did Nixon use to try and force the Vietnamese to the bargaining table? increased bombing, especially the Christmas bombings of 1972

33. What group of soldiers was truly welcomed home by most Americans? POWs