100 200 300 400 500 Vietnam Jeopardy Vocabulary People Causes/ Events U.S. Strategies Vietnam at Home Potpourri 100 200 300 400 500

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

The Domino Theory home 3

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

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

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

Vietminh home 7

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

Doves home 9

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

Vietnamization home 11

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

Ho Chi Minh home 13

a person who supported U. S 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

Hawks home 15

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

Vietcong home 17

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

Ngo Dinh Diem home 19

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

Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) home 21

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

Tet Offensive home 23

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

Ho Chi Minh Trail home 25

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

Geneva Accords home 27

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

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution home 29

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

War Powers Act home 31

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

Strategy of attrition home 33

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

Operation Rolling Thunder home 35

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

Seek and destroy missions home 37

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

Agent Orange and Napalm home 39

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

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

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

Military draft home 43

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

Kent State University home 45

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

Pentagon Papers home 47

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

The Credibility Gap home 49

List as many effects on Vietnam Veterans as you can home

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

estimated number of Americans who died in the Vietnam War home

58,000 Americans Killed home 53

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

North Vietnam US & South 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 55

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

Tet offensive home 57

What two peaceful men were assassinated in 1968? home

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

What happened on April 30th 1975? home

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