Jeopardy

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Jeopardy
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The logistical supply route for the NVA Viet
Cong
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What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
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the idea that if Vietnam became communist, others
would too
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What is the Domino Theory
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The tactics employed by Westmoreland to defeat
the NVA
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What is Search Destroy?
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The practice of killing more soldiers than the
enemy does.
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What is Attrition?
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The headquarters of NVA/VC operations in South
Vietnam
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What is COSVN?
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The concept of winning over the civilian
population's allegiance to anti-communist ideals.
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What is Winning the Hearts Minds?
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The term used to describe the training of ARVN
troops to take over after the withdrawal of
American troops
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What is Vietnamization?
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The name of the North Vietnamese communist
resistance forces in the 1st Indochina war
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What was the Viet Minh?
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The first American soldier killed by hostile
action in Vietnam October 21, 1957.
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Who was Captain Harry Cramer ?
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The last American soldier to die in combat in
Vietnam, January 27, 1973.
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Who was Lt. Col. William B. Nolde?
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The only person ever convicted of war crimes in
the My Lai massacre trial
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Who was Lt. William Calley?
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A Defense Department analyst working for the Rand
Corporation, he secretly copied Top Secret
U.S. government documents and revealed their
contents to the newspapers.
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Who was Daniel Elsberg?
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The Communist leader of the Viet Minh North
Vietnam
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Who was Ho Chi Minh?
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He rose to power in SouthVietnam in 1965, and was
made the President of South Vietnam
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Who was Ngo Van Thieu?
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It was passed by Congress with only two
dissenting votes, gave the President broad powers
to wage war and marked the beginning of U.S.
escalation of the war.
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What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
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U.S. Marine base in the northern part of
SouthVietnam. In late December 1968, the NVA
launched a major offensive against the base.
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What was Khe Sanh?
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The battle in 1954, where the Viet Minh defeated
the French to end the First Indochina war.
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What was Dien Bien Phu?
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The battle which was a part of the 1969 U.S.
operation in the A Shau Valley officially
known as Operation Apache Snow.
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What is Hamburger Hill?
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On January 30, 1968, the Viet Cong launched a
general offensive throughout South Vietnam
attacking every major city on the same day.
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What was the Tet Offensive?
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The battle that marked the first major encounter
between U.S. forces and regular units of the NVA
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What was the Ia Drang campaign?
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The European colonial power who had held Vietnam
(or Indochina) since the late 1800's.
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Who is France?
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The shooting of students at Kent State University
came during demonstrations against this event.
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What was the secret U.S. invasion of Cambodia?
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The law that required the President to obtain
congressional support for long-term use of U.S.
troops abroad in the future.
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What was the War Powers Act?
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The dramatic influx of this had a major impact on
Vietnamese society
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What is money and technology?
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Lyndon Johnson chose not to run for reelection in
1968 primarily because of this.
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What is opposition to the war at home?
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Final Jeopardy
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Lyndon Johnsons chief aim in Southeast Asia was
to do this.
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What is Stop the spread of Communism in Asia?