Vietnam part 2 Worksheet

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Vietnam part 2 Worksheet
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• Gulf of Tonkin Incident- U.S. ships fired upon.
  After a false second day of shooting, Congress
  gives LBJ power to use military and spending as
  he sees fit to protect U.S.

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• LBJs escalation- Johnson wants to slowly
  increase U.S. troop involvement in Vietnam. He
  makes these plans well before telling the
  American public though, an issue he will soon
  have to deal with.

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• Operation Rolling Thunder- plan to bomb N.
  Vietnamese camps, Ho Chi Minh Trail, etc. in
  hopes of saving S. Vietnam. The bombing went on
  for months and still the NVA was running weapons
  through the trail and was strong enough to
  continue the war.

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• In the summer of 1965, LBJ increases U.S. troops
  in Vietnam by the hundreds of thousands and moves
  from a steady escalation to full U.S. involvement
  in this foreign war that is hotly contested at
  home.

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• Helicopters played a vital role in this war.
  They were used to move troops quickly and safely
  and were also the only means of removing wounded
  soldiers from the battle field.

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• Agent Orange was a tool used by the military in
  an attempt to control some of the jungle terrain.
  However, the chemical had adverse or negative
  affects on soldiers and peasants alike and in
  some cases caused cancer.

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• Unique characteristics
• Tunnel system and ability to make selves
  invisible
• Use of land mines
• Guerilla tactics and hit and run fighting style

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• Search and destroy missions were used by the US
  in an attempt to separate Viet Cong operatives
  from Vietnamese peasants. However, this sweeping
  tactic had negative impact on the peasants.

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• Napalm is an explosive that was detrimental to
  anyone and forest that it was dropped on.
  However, this weapon is difficult to control and
  hurt civilians and U.S. soldiers alike.

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• The U.S. tactics of Agent Orange and search and
  destroy were sweeping tactics that did not take
  into account the impact they might have on the
  peasant community of Vietnam.

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• Credibility gap was the difference between the
  reality of the war and the story that was
  portrayed by the Johnson administration. It
  caused distrust between the people and their
  government.

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• For the first time ever, the war was brought into
  the living rooms of the people still at home and
  the reports showed a struggling U.S. campaign.

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• The Tet Offensive was a surprise attack by the
  NVA and Vietcong on many different cities in S.
  Vietnam on the Tet or new year. The U.S. lost
  few casualties and no cities, but the strength of
  the attack added to Johnsons credibility gap.

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• After the Tet Offensive and the success of RFK in
  politics, LBJ announced that he would not run for
  re-election.

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• 16. Robert Kennedy
• 17. Richard Nixon