U4 Cold War Vietnam

Most Americans who fought in Vietnam__________

• volunteered

• were drafted

• were college graduates

• were minorities

What happens in 1975?

• There is a ceasefire, US ground troops leave Vietnam.

• City of Saigon (capitol of the South) falls under communist control.

• Nixon finalized his plan for Vietnamization

• President Nixon resigns over Vietnam

What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Gulf of Maddox Resolution

• USS Tonkin Resolution

• Gulf of Vietnam Resolution

Lyndon B. Johnson served as vice-president for which president?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Abraham Lincoln

• Barack Obama

• John F. Kennedy

This murder of more than 200 innocent Vietnamese villagers by U.S. troops shocked Americans when it was finally revealed to the public.

• Hanoi massacre
  
• Khmer Rouge massacre
  
• My Lai massacre
  
• Da Nang massacre
  

The 37th president from California; the only president to resign from office

• Woodrow Wilson
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Richard Nixon
• Herbert Hoover

Which event showed the war would not end easily?

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Paris Peace Talks

• Cambodia Invasion

Which president was MOST responsible for escalating troop numbers in Vietnam?

• Eisenhower
• Kennedy 
• Johnson
• Nixon

The communist leader of North Vietnam was...

• General Tso 
• Ho Chi Minh
• Chairman Mao Tse Tung
• General Chow Mein 

Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.

• Vietnamization

• Vietcong

• Peace Through Strength

• Operation Rolling Thunder