Vietnam History

Vietnam was divided along the...

• 17th Parallel

• 38th Parallel

• Yalu River

• 49th Parallel

The political leader Ho Chi Minh was

• Communist

• Capitalist

• Democratic

• Religious

President Diem was supported by

• China

• USA

• USSR

• Laos

The Tonkin Gulf Resolution passed by Congress

• condemned U.S. aggression against the people of Vietnam.
• called for both U.S. and North Vietnamese forces to withdraw from South Vietnam.
• blocked further commitment of U.S. ground troops without congressional approval.
• authorized President Johnson to take any measure needed to repel attacks on U.S. forces.

Lyndon Johnson gained authority to conduct the war in Vietnam with

• a congressional declaration of war

• the Vietnam Freedom Act

• the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• the War Powers Act

When did vietnam war start?

• 1955

• 1956

What happend before the vietnam war?

• WW2

• Cold War

• WW1

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)

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

• Tet Offensive

• Operation Overlord

• Pearl Harbor

• Desert Storm