Chapter 23

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Chapter 2324 ReviewThe Vietnam WarFrom
Nixon to Carter
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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 commander of the American forces in
  Vietnam?
• General William Westmoreland

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

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

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

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• President Nixon is the only President of the U.S.
  to do what?
• Resign from office

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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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• What issue plagued President Ford after he took
  over for Nixon
• The economy

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• True or False
• Nixon wanted to increase the power of the
  federal government
• 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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• Name a foreign policy accomplishment by President
  Nixon
• Improving relations with the Soviets and China
  opening up trade w/ China SALT

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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 foreign policy issue was President Carters
  biggest success?
• Camp David Accords

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

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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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• The Watergate scandal began with the burglary of
  whose offices?
• Democratic Party National Committee

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

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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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• What foreign policy issue hurt the Carter
  Presidency?
• Iran Hostage Crisis

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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 is it called when prices steadily rise
• Inflation

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

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• What country was 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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• What was the conservative backlash?
• Reaction against liberalism and social disorder
  of the 1960s

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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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• 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 law at home

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• What did the Supreme Court case U.S. v. Nixon
  rule?
• That the oval office tapes must be released by
  President Nixon