Chapter 22 Review The Vietnam War Years

People/Identification/Vocabulary Vietcong Vietminh Ho Chi Minh domino theory Dien Bien Phu Ngo Dinh Diem Geneva Accords Ho Chi Minh Trail Tonkin Gulf Resolution strategic hamlet program Operation Rolling Thunder

Concepts The main purpose of the War Powers Act. Ways to defer being drafted. Main events of 1968 Democratic convention Assassination of JFK and MLK Ho Chi Minh Trail What is it Purpose

Concepts Who were the; Who were Tom Hayden and Al Faber? Hawks? Doves? Who were Tom Hayden and Al Faber? What organization did they found? Why was it important? Who was the commander of the U.S. troops in Vietnam? Who were ARVN?

Concepts Tet Invasion of Cambodia Its importance How it effected the U.S. At home In Vietnam Invasion of Cambodia Reason for it. President who gave the order. Why? Results?

Concepts “Peace with Honor” Tonkin Gulf Resolution Whose idea? What could achieve this? Results Tonkin Gulf Resolution Who asked for it? What did it do? Was it effective?

Concepts Pentagon Papers Domino Theory Whose administration did it effect? How? What was the long term effect? Domino Theory Who proposed this? Why? Who did the U.S help after WWII to keep Vietnam?

Concepts MLK’s concerns about Vietnam Body counts What were his concerns? How did he think it would effect Civil Rights? Was he right? Body counts Reasons to show/revel them? What effect they had on the American public?

Essay What were some of the important effects of the Vietnam War on the U.S. and the American People?

Essay Identify some of the tactics used by the U.S. military against the Vietcong. Why were these strategies unsuccessful in forcing or convincing the Vietcong to surrender?

Essay Identify two effects of the Tet offensive, and explain how the effects resulted from the offensive.

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