Vietnam War

Why was the United States so interested in Saigon?

• Natural Resources
• Ngo Dynh Diem was a democratically elected leader and ally
• South Vietnam could not fall to communism
• China and the Soviet Union were intervening there

He was the communist leader of North Vietnam

• Diem
• Johnson
• Ho Chi Minh
• Castro

These were South Vietnamese who supported the communist north

• North Vietnamese Army
• Deferment
• Tet
• Viet Cong

This event gave Johnson a "blank check" to do whatever he wanted in Vietnam

• My Lai
• Vietnamization
• Gulf of Tonkin
• Ho Chi Minh Trail

To avoid U.S. soldiers North Vietnam simply used which trail that went through Laos/Cambodia?

• Ho Chi Minh Trail
• Hmong Trail
• Laos Trail
• Cambodian Trail

This herbicide that was used to destroy Vietnam's jungle

• Agent Red
• Agent Orange
• Napalm
• Saturation Bombing

U.S. soldiers killed civilians in this Vietnamese village sparking outrage at home.

• Ho Chi Minh
• Tonkin
• Diem
• My Lai

These stolen documents showed that government officials lied to Congress and the people.

• Snowden Papers
• Watergate Papers
• Pentagon Papers
• Gulf of Tonkin Papers

This is a person who opposes fighting in the war on moral/religious grounds.

• Draft
• Conscientious Objector
• Silent Majority
• Hawk

This meant that a person could postpone their military obligation for certain reasons such as attending college.

• Napalm
• Mandate
• Saturation
• Deferment