Chapter 23 Review The Vietnam War

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Chapter 23 ReviewThe Vietnam War
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• RULES OF VIETNAM WAR REVIEW
• 1 point ? Team Answer
• 2 points ? Tag Team Answer (2 group members,
  cannot be the same pair each time)
  
• 3 points ? Lone Ranger Answer (Cannot be the same
  team member in consecutive attempts)
  
• Teams may steal missed questions, while
  maintaining their next turn!!

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• What is the name of the theory that states if one
  country fell to communism others would as well
  
• Domino Theory

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• What made national headlines at Kent State and
  Jackson State Universities?
  
• Students were killed by U.S. authorities

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• What document widened U.S. involvement in
  Vietnam?
  
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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• True or False
• General Westmoreland declared the Tet offensive a
  devastating defeat for American forces
  
• False

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• Why did Nixon order the invasion of Cambodia?
• To destroy Communist bases and eliminate supply
  lines for the Communist forces in South Vietnam
  

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• What was the name of the radical student group
  that led many protests during the Vietnam War
  era
  
• Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

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• What enemy group in the South was made up
  predominantly of peasants that were farmers by
  day and soldiers at night
  
• Vietcong

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• True or False
• The U.S. used intense air bombing throughout
  the Vietnam War.
  
• True

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• Name one event that made 1968 a year of crises
  for the U.S.
  
• MLK RFK assassinations, Tet offensive, Riots
  at the Democratic convention
  

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• Who was the man that was held responsible for
  leading the My Lai Massacre
  
• Lt. William Calley

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• True or False
• President Nixon promised to seek victory for the
  United States in Vietnam if elected in 1968
  
• False

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• What country were the Vietminh trying to expel
  from Vietnam following WWII
  
• France

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• What did Nixons Vietnamization plan call for?
• The training of South Vietnamese soldiers to take
  the place of U.S. troops so they could leave
  Vietnam
  

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• The President who initially widened U.S.
  involvement in Vietnam
  
• Lyndon B. Johnson

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• What happened to South Vietnam after the
  withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam?
  
• Fell to the Communist forces the South was
  reunited with the North
  

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• Who was the commander of the American forces in
  Vietnam?
  
• General William Westmoreland

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• What type of fighting was being used by the
  Vietcong
  
• Guerilla warfare

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• During the Vietnam War describe some of the
  troubles that the U.S. faced.
  
• Tough jungle conditions tough time
  differentiating friend from enemy lack of clear
  objective protests against the war at home
  

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• What was the name of the South Vietnamese leader
  that was overthrown by his own military?
  
• Ngo Dinh Diem

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• Who won the Democratic nomination in 1968
• Hubert H. Humphrey

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• True or False
• President Nixon widened the war by ordering
  military forces into China
  
• False

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• Who was the first anti-war Democratic candidate
  for President to enter the 1968 primary
  election?
  
• Eugene McCarthy

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• What was the name of the leader of the Vietminh
• Ho Chi Minh

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• The release of these Defense Department
  documents was very damaging to the credibility of
  the government when it came to the Vietnam War
  (Especially the Johnson Administration)
• The Pentagon Papers

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• Who was Nixons main advisor when it came to
  making foreign policy decisions?
  
• Henry Kissinger

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• True or False
• In the final agreement that ended the Vietnam
  War, the U.S. agreed to aid the Thieu regime if
  the North Vietnamese violated the cease-fire.
  
• True

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• In which war were the most U.S. troops
  killedWorld War II (1941-1945), Korea
  (1950-1953), or Vietnam (1965-1973)?
  
• World War II

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• Who won the 1968 Presidential Election?
• Richard Nixon

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• Someone who refused to fight in Vietnam due to
  religious or moral beliefs could be called what?
  
• Conscientious Objector

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• The program that aimed to weaken the Vietcongs
  power in South Vietnam that consisted of the U.S.
  military uprooting entire villages, forcing
  people to move, and destroying the villages.
• Pacification program