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Ch 22 Am History
Ch 22 Am History Review
Question | Answer |
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Who are the Vietminh | Communist group led by Ho Chi Minh |
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail | It is network of paths running between North and South Vietnam |
Who are the Vietcong | Communist rebel group in South Vietnam |
What are search and destroy missions | They are tactics in which U.S. troops destroyed Vietnameses villages |
What is Agent Orange | Chemical that destroyed jungle land |
Who was leader of North Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh |
What type of government is North Vietnam | communist |
How many soilders were sent to Vietnam by 1968 | about 536,000 |
Who won 1968 election | Nixon |
Whats the difference between Hawks and Doves | Hawks were Americans who supported the war effort and Doves were Americans who called for America to withdraw from Vietnam |
What was the Tet offensive | It was series of Vietcong attacks against South Vietnam in 1968 during Tet Holiday |
Which US enemy during WWII occupied Vietnam in 1940 | Japan |
Vietnam was a former colony of this country | France |
What was My Lai | Site of massacre of Vietnamese civilians by American soilders |
What were the Pentagon Papers | Government documents that showed the government had nor real plan for leaving Vietnam |
How did the Vietnam War end | It ended when Nixon removed American troops from South Vietnam |
Nixon ordered this country to be bombed(neighbor of Vietnam) | Cambodia |
What is a Napalm | Gasoline-based explosives |
What is guerilla warefare | Hit and run Tactic |
Hardships US faced in Vietnam | Vietcong's hit and run tactics and the vietcong unwilling to surrender |
Why did we aid South Vietnam | To help fight communism |
2 groups who opposed Vietnam War | Young people and minorities |
1 legacy of the war | Altered Americas's view on foreign policy |