Ch 14 : The Vietnam War Years

The Viet Cong was supplied by North Vietnam and fought against ______________.

• The United States

• The Soviet Union

• China

• Germany

If one nation falls to communism, then nearby countries would also fall to communism.

• Containment

• Domino Theory

• Search and Destroy

• Escalation

What organization was established by JFK to fight communism through non military means and helped developing countries with tasks like building schools?

• Students for a Democratic Society

• National Guard

• Peace Corps

• Hippies

The Peace Corps helped the United States improve our relationship with ____________________.

• Kent State Students

• Vietnam

• Soviet Union

• Latin America

After the Cuban Missile Crisis the US and the Soviet Union signed a treaty that banned above ground testing of __________________.

• Submarine Warfare

• Nuclear Weapons

• Radiation

First Person to travel into space

• John Glenn

• Ho Chi Minh

• Niel Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

Communist Leader of North Vietnam

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Nikita Khrushchev

• William Westmoreland

President Johnson's policy of increased involvement in Vietnam between 1965-1968

• Involvement

• Vietnamization

• Escalation

• Search and Destroy

One of the first people to walk on the moon

• Neil Armstrong

• Michael Collins

• Alan Shepard

• John Glenn

The ___________ ________ showed that the US Military was not nearing victory in Vietnam

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• My Lai Massacre

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Tet Offensive