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6821Historyus
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vietcong | guerrilla fighters who launched an insurgency in vietnam |
| henry kissinger | president nixon's leading adviser on national security and international affairs |
| ho chi minh | rebel leader who demanded independence for vietnam |
| napalm | a jellied gasoline that explodes when dropped in large canisters |
| gulf of tonkin resolution | congress gave power to the president to fight the vietnam war |
| pentagon papers | a classified government history of american involvement in vietnam |
| dien bien phu | location of the french defeat in vietnam |
| zhou enali | chinese premier who normalized relations with president nixon |
| TET offensive | a coordinated assault by communist forces on more than 40 cities in vietnam |
| william westmoreland | american commander in vietnam |
| domino theory | the idea that if vietnam fell to communism |
| eugene mccarthy | an antiwar candidate for president in 1968 |
| my lai | a vietnamese village attacked by american troops |
| President Johnson entered the Vietnam War because he__________. | believed in the domino theory. |
| The Gulf of Tonkin resolution allowed president Johnson to______________. | take all necessary measures to defend against armed attacks on U.S. forces |
| Operation Rolling Thunder was a__________. | sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam. |
| Hawks vs. Doves | One side was called the Hawks and they were the side that wanted to increase military force and send more troops into vietnam to win the war. The Doves wanted the opposite and wanted the troops to be withdrawn and settle the war with peace. |
| Was Richard Nixon considered a Hawk or a Dove? | Hawk |
| The american public began to distrust the Johnson administration because of the______. | Credibility Gap |
| Why was the Tet Offensive considered a turning point in the war? | The Vietcong and North Vietnamese showed that they could still fight. |
| President Nixon's Vietnamization policy emphasized that the United States must_____. | empower S. Vietnamese forces to assume more combat duties. |
| What country did President Nixon visit to improve trade relations? | China |
| The Stragic Arms Limitation Treaty_______. | slowed the arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States. |
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