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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 | US |
| This was built to separate East and West Berlin | Berlin Wall |
| What did Kennedy intend to do by establishing the Peace Corps | Help developing countries by digging wells and building schools |
| What two countries are 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 and then got a city named after him | 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 | Tonkin Gulf Resolution |
| A surprise attack launched by North Vietnam when there was supposed to be a cease-fire due to | Tet Offensive |
| doves | |
| War Powers | |
| 26th | |
| Pentagon Papers | |
| Vietnamization | |
| Richard Nixon | |
| Hippies | |
| JFK | |
| Bay of Pigs | |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | |
| Americans began to question US involvement in Vietnam | |
| Ho Chi Minh City | |
| No, they are not separate, and they have a Communist government | |
| He was assassinated | |
| South and West |