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The most famous prison camp was at this North Vietnamese capital.
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What is Hanoi? $100
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The conflict at this location propelled the US into the war militarily.
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What is Gulf of Tonkin ? $200
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The French left Vietnam after their defeat at this city in 1954.
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What is Dien Bien Phu? $300
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This DMZ city was under attack for two years, starting with the Tet holiday.
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What is Khe Sanh? $400
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This city fell to communism on April 30, 1975 and was renamed Ho Chi Minh city.
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What is Saigon? $???
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This communist leader thought the US would understand his goal of liberation for the Vietnamese people.
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Who is Ho Chi Minh? $100
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This man was in charge of US forces.
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Who is General William Westmoreland? $200
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This group consisted of South Vietnamese against the American presence in Vietnam.
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Who is the Viet Cong? $300
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This man negotiated the Paris Peace Accords for the US.
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Who is Henry Kissinger? $400
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This person was court martialed for his involvement at My Lai.
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$500 Who is Lt. William Calley?
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This effective style of warfare for the Viet Cong was defined by “hit and run” maneuvers.
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$100 What is guerilla warfare?
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This herbicide was used on jungle terrain and had horrible physical effects after the war.
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$200 What is Agent Orange?
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This series of paths was used to get men and weapons into South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive.
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$300 What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
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This gel and gas mixture was used to burn villages, often with children being harmed.
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$400 What is napalm?
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Examining VC villages and rooting out the enemy was called this.
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$??? What are search and destroy missions?
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This incident was a result of protests against Nixon’s bombing of Cambodia.
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$100 What is the Kent State killings?
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In 1968, protesters descended on Chicago for this event.
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$200 What is the Democratic National Convention?
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Nixon appealed to this group who he felt supported the US government and wanted law and order at home.
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$300 What is the “silent majority”?
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These politically active young people nominated a pig for president in 1968.
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$400 Who are yippies?
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The NY Times reported lies and errors made in Vietnam in these defense document.
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$500 What are the Pentagon Papers?
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Eisenhower’s idea that if one country falls to communism, they all will.
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$100 What is the domino theory?
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The US dropped bombs on the North in this 3 year campaign; it didn’t seem to dampen enemy spirits.
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$200 What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
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This yippie leader led the protests in Chicago in 1968.
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$300 Who is Abbie Hoffman?
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This brutal communist regime in Cambodia created the killing fields.
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$400 What is the Khmer Rouge?
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This allows for the US to go to war only if Congress approves.
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$500 What is the War Powers Act?
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The War Ends
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Americans suffered from these aspects of Vietnam Syndrome. (EXPLAIN!)
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What are: Doubts about US judgment, credibility and American power?
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