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To convince North Vietnam to stop reinforcing the Vietcong, President Johnson ordered Operation Rolling Thunder, which did what? Began a sustained bombing campaign
Why did American soldiers use Agent Orange? Disrupt enemy food supply
Ho Chi Minh compared his military to a(n) what? Tiger
By the end of 1965, most American soldiers in Vietnam (got there how): Had been drafted
Why did President Johnson have to cut back his Great Society initiatives? Rising cost of war
What best describes the Vietcong's war strategy? Fight small skirmishes
The Geneva Accords provided for what? Division of Vietnam into N and S
What happened during the Vietnamese election in 1956? Ngo Dinh Diem refused to participate
President Truman agreed to help France because he thought: Communism was going to spread in Southeast Asia
President Johnson escalated American involvement in Vietnam by doing what? Ordering airstrikes and committing troops
President Nixon's leading adviser on national security and international affairs: Henry Kissinger
Guerrilla fighters who launched an insurgency in Vietnam: Vietcong
A coordinated assault by communist forces on more than 40 cities in Vietnam: Tet offensive
Rebel leader who demanded independence for Vietnam Ho Chi Minh
An antiwar candidate for President in 1968: Eugene McCarthy
Chinese premier who normalized relations with President Nixon: Zhou Enali
A classified government history of American involvement in Vietnam: Pentagon Papers
A Vietnamese village attacked by American troops: My Lai
A jellied gasoline that explodes when dropped in large canisters: Napalm
The idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, its neighbors would follow: Domino Theory
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