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Vietnam War
Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| If one nation becomes Communist, nearby countries will also fall to communism | domino theory |
| The Vietcong was a group of North Vietnamese that fought in South Vietnam against | United states |
| What did Kennedy intend to do by establishing the Peace Corps | help devolving countries by digging wells and building schools |
| This was built to separate East and West Berlin in Germany & stood nearly 3 decades | Berlin Wall |
| What countries were in a space race | SU and US |
| Who was the 1st person to travel into space | Russian Yuri Gagarin |
| Who was the first person to walk on the moon | Neil Armstrong |
| Who was leading the North Vietnamese that promoted Communism that later had a city named after him in South Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh |
| After gunfire was exchanged in the Gulf of Tonkin, this gave the president authority to take all necessary measures to repel any army attack against the forces of the US leading Johnson to expand US role in Vietnam to stop Communism spread | Tonkin Gulf Resolution |
| A surprise attack all over South Vietnam launched by North Vietnam when there was SUPPOSED to be a cease-fire due to Vietnam New Years (This really caused doubt in Americans about whether or not we should be in this war | Tet Offensive |
| Supporters of the Vietnam War | Hawks |
| Non supporters of the war | doves |
| Due to doubt in the US government the _____ ______ Act was passed which required the president to get congressional approval before committing US forces to an armed struggle | War Powers |
| What is leaving the Vietnam War up to SV called | Vietnamization |
| Who won the Presidental election that promised to stop US involvement in the Vietnam War (but actually didn't which made the Americans mad) | Richard Nixon |
| What was the group |