Vietnam War

Vietnam was a colony of what country in the years prior to the WWII

• France

• Great Britain

• China

• Japan

What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• The Geneva Accords 
• The Tet Offensive 
• Operation Rolling Thunder 

The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?

• The Great Society 
• The Fair Deal 
• The New Frontier 
• The Square Deal 

What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh establish?

• Communism

• Democracy

• Socialism

• Monarchy

Most anti-war demonstrations took place where?

• large cities
• small towns
• shopping centers
• universities

How was Vietnam covered differently by the media than previous wars?

• television
• radio
• internet
• newsreels

South Vietnamese guerilla fighters; opposed Diem & supplied by Ho Chi Minh

• Vietcong

• Vietminh

• NVA

• Indochinese

What effect did the geography of Vietnam have on fighting during the Vietnam War?

• Viet Cong forces took the fightinginto the dense jungles where theycould confuse the Americans.
• Viet Cong forces preferred to limitmost fighting to cities where theyfought most effectively.
• American forces learned to keepthe fighting away from the jungles.
• American forces committed tofighting the war only from the air.

Which factor contributed to the changing attitudes of the American public about U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War?

• Reelection of Lyndon Johnson
• Passage of the War Powers Act
• Graphic coverage by television news
• Propaganda films by antiwar protestors

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

• There was strong disagreement in the US about American involvement in the Vietnam War.
• A sizable anti-war movement emerged in the US over the war 
• Most Americans feared if Vietnam fell to Communism, neighboring states would be threatened.
• Most Americans felt that conflict was a civil war and we should be involved.