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Vietnam Jeopardy VocabularyPeopleCauses/ Events U.S. Strategies Vietnam at Home Potpourri 100 200 300 400 500
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This was Eisenhower’s idea that if one country falls to communism, the surrounding countries will also fall. home
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The Domino Theory home
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Vietnam was called the “Living-Room War” because: home
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People were watching the war on TV each night and were highly influenced by what they saw home
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The communist political party whose goal it was free Vietnam from foreign rule home
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Vietminh home
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Those people who were against the war effort and believed we should withdraw home
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Doves home
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President Nixon’s strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War home
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Vietnamization home
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Communist leader of the North Vietnamese, who was loved by many of his peasants home
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Ho Chi Minh home
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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
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Hawks home
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the South Vietnamese Communists who, with North Vietnamese support, fought against the government of South Vietnam home
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Vietcong home
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initial leader of South Vietnam who Kennedy supported but cancelled the 1956 election in Vietnam home
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Ngo Dinh Diem home
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The name of the army the U.S. supported in an attempt to contain communism is Vietnam ( full credit for full name ) home
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Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) home
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a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities early in 1968 home
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Tet Offensive home
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stretched through neighboring Laos and Cambodia to deliver weapons and supplies to the Vietcong in the South home
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Ho Chi Minh Trail home
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Vietnam was divided along the 17 th parallel based on this agreement: home
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Geneva Accords home
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passed to give President Johnson greater military powers during the war in 1964 home
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution home
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This was passed in order to ensure the expanded presidential power granted in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution can not happen again home
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War Powers Act home
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This strategy used by the U.S. was based on wearing out the enemy, but was overall unsuccessful home
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Strategy of attrition home
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This bombing campaign was planned by LBJ against North Vietnam but was not very effective home
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Operation Rolling Thunder home
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These missions were used by US and ARVN in order to find and eliminate the Vietcong home
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Seek and destroy missions home
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A combination of these were used to burn away vegetation to be able to better find the enemy home
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Agent Orange and Napalm home
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Nixon organized a secret bombing campaign on _____, even after he laid his plans for Vietnamization (DAILY DOUBLE for explanation of WHY) home
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Cambodia and Laos In order to destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail home
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used to provide soldiers for the war but abolished by Congress after the war home
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Military draft home
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college campus where a riot broke out in 1970 leaving 4 dead and 12 wounded home
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Kent State University home
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7,000 page document released in 1971 that proved the government had been lying about the war home
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Pentagon Papers home
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The difference between what Americans were hearing from government officials and what they were hearing/seeing on TV was known as: home
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The Credibility Gap home
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List as many effects on Vietnam Veterans as you can home
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Treated poorly upon return home, Post traumatic stress disorder, effects of Agent Orange, Drug Problems home
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estimated number of Americans who died in the Vietnam War home
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58,000 Americans Killed home
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List the conflicting goals of each side at the Paris Peace Talks home
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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
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This event was the turning point in the war, one that changed the support of the American public home
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Tet offensive home
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What two peaceful men were assassinated in 1968? home
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Martin Luther King Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy home
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What happened on April 30 th 1975? home
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Saigon fell to North Vietnam and the entire country was united under Communism home
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