Quiz Practice
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| William Westmoreland | general in charge of US troops in Vietnam
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| Walter Cronkite | respected TV news anchorman who visited Vietnam in 1968 and reported the the US was not winning the war
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| Lyndon B. Johnson | US president who escalated American involvement in Vietnam. He did not seek reelection in 1968 due to the war.
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| Tet Offensive | the 1968 surprise attack on US forces during the Vietnamese New Year's celebration. Major turning point in US public opinion concerning the war.
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| Napalm | Jellied gasoline used by the US to fire-bomb in Vietnam
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| Agent Orange | chemical defoliant (herbicide) sprayed from US planes to clear areas of jungle.
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| How did the US respond to the Viet Cong's war tactics? | conducting search-and-destroy missions
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| How did the fighting in Vietnam differ from the fighting in World War II? | US forces fought only a limited war in Vietnam.
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| How did the Tet Offensive affect the war? | Americans began to doubt the US military's claims that victory was near.
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| Which President asked congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution? | Lyndon B. Johnson
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