Cold War Review 2 Vietnam War
What Cold War policy resulted in American involvement in Vietnam? Containment
What American president said, “Ask not what Your country can do for You, but what You can do for Your country? John F. Kennedy
What president said Americans should “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship…to assure the survival and success of liberty”? John F. Kennedy
What European colonial power controlled Indochina after World War II What European colonial power controlled Indochina after World War II? (Indochina included Vietnam.) France
Who was the leader of the Vietnamese independence movement? Ho Chi Minh
Why did the United States support France’s efforts after World War II to keep Indochina as a colony? Ho Chi Minh was a communist.
What type of government did North Vietnam have? communist
What type of government did South Vietnam have? Non-communist or anti-communist
What was the name of the South Vietnamese communists who tried to overthrow the South Vietnamese government? They were guerilla fighters. Vietcong
What was the official name of the Vietcong? The National Liberation Front
What president gave economic and military aid, money and weapons, first to the French and then to the government of South Vietnam? Dwight D. Eisenhower
What president began the American military buildup in South Vietnam? John F. Kennedy
What president was assassinated in 1963? John F. Kennedy
What president escalated (increased) American military involvement in the Vietnam War? Lyndon B. Johnson
What anti-communist policy did the United States follow in Vietnam? containment
How many American troops did the United States have stationed in Vietnam in 1968? More than 500,000
What was the center of anti-war feeling in the United States? College campuses
Who won the 1968 presidential election? Richard M. Nixon
What was Nixon’s pledge in the 1968 presidential campaign regarding the Vietnam War? “Peace with Honor.”
What did Nixon call his policy to turn over the war to the South Vietnamese army and simultaneously withdraw American troops? Vietnamization
Did Vietnamization succeed or fail? Failed
What country supplied the North Vietnamese Army? The Soviet Union
What political scandal forced President Nixon to resign from office? Watergate
Who became president when Nixon resigned as President? Gerald Ford
What happened in Vietnam? In other words, how did the Vietnam War end? Communist North Vietnam took over South Vietnam and reunited the country under communist rule.
Who was president when the Vietnam War ended? Gerald Ford
What type of government did Vietnam have when it was reunified in 1975? Communist