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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 | The US |
| What did Kennedy intend to do by establishing the Peace Corps? | Help developing countries by digging wells and schools. |
| This was built to separate East and West Berlin in Germany and stood for nearly 3 decades. | Berlin Wall |
| What counties were in a space race? | US and SU |
| Who was the 1st person to travel into space? | Russian Yuri Gagarin |
| Who was the 1st 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 Golf of Tonkin, he 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 crease-fire due to Vietnam New Years (this really caused doubt in American about whether or not we should be in this war) | Tet Offensive |