Ch 17 The Vietnam War

Nixon's Vietnamization plan called for

• a massive invasion of North Vietnam to finally end the war

• a withdrawal of American troops from North Vietnam

• South Vietnam to assume more of the fighting as American troops withdrew

The Pentagon Papers revealed that

• American prisoners of war were being tortured in North Vietnamese prisons

• many more Americans had died in Vietnam than had been reported

• the government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam

What event happened at My Lai that profoundly shocked Americans?

• American troops invaded Cambodia to destroy Vietcong military bases

• Ohio National Guard soldiers fired on antiwar demonstrators

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

Long after troops were home, the war lingered on for the American families whose relatives and friends were classified as missing in action or

• draft dodgers

• prisoners of war

• absent without leave

The United States tried to improve relations with the Soviet Union and China to persuade them to cut back on their aid to North Vietnam in a policy called

• linkage

• search and destroy

• Vietnamization

The invasion of ______________ under President Nixon sparked protests because many Americans viewed it as a widening of the war.

• Cambodia

• China

• India

Henry _____________ entered into secret negotiations with North Vietnam's negotiator Le Duc Tho.

4 points

• Cambodia

• Kissinger

• Watergate

American distrust grew with the Vietnam War and the _______________ scandal, making Americans more wary of their leaders.

• linkage

• Kissinger

• Watergate

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

• political rally

• sit-in

• teach-in

Nightly news coverage of the Vietnam War on television helped

• create a credibility gap

• raised Johnson's ratings in the polls

• unify Americans behind the war