Vietnam War

This was the name of the Communist rebels in South Vietnam

• Viet Cong

• Korea Cong

• King Kong

• Viet Song

The US president that was granted sweeping war powers from the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was -

• Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)

• John F. Kennedy (JFK)

• Richard M. Nixon

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

The communist leader of North Vietnam

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Mao Zedong

• John F. Kennedy (JFK)

The corrupt, non-communist leader of South Vietnam who was assassinated

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Mao Zedong

• John F. Kennedy (JFK)

Granted the President more power to escalate the Vietnam War

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)

• War Powers Resolution/Act (1973)

• 26th Amendment

• Vietnamization

Was an eventual victory for the United States but it also turns people against the war

• Tet Offensive

• Operation Overlord

• Pearl Harbor

• Desert Storm

People begin to distrust the government about information in the Vietnam War

• Silent Majority

• Credibility Gap

• Vietnamization

• Escalation

Capital City of South Vietnam (Non-communist)

• Hanoi

• Saigon

• Tokyo

• Beijing

Hit and Run tactics; Booby traps

• Viet COng

• Guerilla Warfare

• Agent Orange

• Napalm

What is the main idea behind the Domino Theory?

• Communism must be allowed to spread

• The South Vietnamese must fight their own war

• If Vietnam becomes Communist then all of Asia will follow

• We must push the communist back past the 38th parallel We must push the communist back past the 38th parallel