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vietnam war
study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| If one nation became communist, nearby countries will also fall to communism. | domino theory |
| The Vietcong was group of North Vietnamese that Fought in South Vietcong against | US |
| What did Kennedy intend to do by establishing the peace crop? | help developing countries by digging wells and schools |
| what countries were in 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 Gulf of Tonkin, his gave the president authority to take all necessary measures to repel the army attack against the forces of 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 year ( this really caused doubt in Americans about whether or not we should be in this war ) | Tet Offensive |