Chapter 19 US History Study Guide

Who overthrew the Diem government in 1963?

A group of Vietnamese generals

Why didn't Johnson order a full scale attack on Vietnam?

Afraid China would get involved.

In 1968 antiwar protesters and police clashed outside the.....

Democratic National Convention

What were the Geneva Accords?

Divided Vietnam into North & South. North Communists and South Diem were suppose to unite & have democratic election.

What was the belief that suggested if Vietnam fell to Communism so would the rest of Southeast Asia?

Domino Theory

What was the result of Diem Bien Phu?

French withdrew from Vietnam

What was a network of jungle paths through which North Vietnam sent arms and supplies to the south?

Ho Chi Minh Trail

The following is NOT true about the US withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973:

Ho Chi Minh agreed to step down from power to unite Vietnam.

What was Tet Offensive?

New Year guerrilla attacks on S.Vietnam Cities & Vietnamese.

What was Operation Rolling Thunder?

Severe continuous bombing of N. Vietnam

The U.S. began bombing in Cambodia and a tragic event that resulted was...........

The U.S. trying to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail-Kent State.

The following were NOT a cost or result of the Vietnam War..

The Vietnamese won but agreed to hand over all U.S. troops and any bodies of dead U.S. soldiers.

Why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam ?

To stop the spread of Communism.

What event happened at My Lai that profoundly shocked Americans?

Unarmed Vietnamese civilians were massacred by U.S. troops.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ...........

authorized the president to take "all necessary measures " to repeal any armed attack against U.S. forces and prevent aggression.

Nightly crews coverage of the Vietnam War on television helped......

create a credibility gap

What was Agent Orange?

defoliant sprayed on Vietnam jungles

Why were Buddhists upset with Diems rule in the South?

discriminated against Buddhists

In South Vietnam, a monk set himself on fire to protest......

discrimination against Buddhists

With the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Congress, in effect,

handed its war powers to the president.

After the Tet offensive, the mainstream America media began to

openly criticize the war effort.

The United States originally sent aid to the Vietnamese to help..

them expel Japanese forces.

As the fighting began between the Viet Cong and South Vietnamese army, President Eisenhower tried to help South Vietnam by ........

sending military advisers

Many college faculty and students against the Vietnam War abandoned their classes and gathered informally to discuss the issues in a new form of protest called a ........

teach-in

The Tet Offensive marked a major turning point in the Vietnam War because...........

the Viet Cong scored a major political victory.

The Viet Cong's power continued to increase in part because of

the Viet Cong's use of terror

The Pentagon Papers revealed that....

the government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam