Vietnam War

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

• Vietnamization 
• Communism
• Domino Theory
• Imperialism

What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?

• Identifying the enemy 
• Jungle/Location provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
• Weather and climate
• all of these

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

• Vietminization
• Vietcong
• Internationalism
• Linkage

What event sparked significant protests in the United States during the 1960's?

• WWII
• Vietnam War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• WWI

What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

• Spain

John F. Kennedy

• sent warships to bomb North Vietnam.

• decreased the war equipment being sent to South Vietnam.

• increased the number of military advisers in South Vietnam.

• sent soldiers to fight in North Vietnam.

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. 

Vietnamization was a policy advanced by Richard Nixon. What was its purpose?

• to increase American forces in Vietnam

• to decrease American forces in Vietnam

• to increase friendly Chinese forces in Vietnam

• to overwhelm the Viet Cong with U.S. forces

The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?

• containment
• Good Neighbor policy
• isolationism
• Roosevelt Corollary

What year did the Vietnam War end?

• 1973

• 1974

• 1975

• 1976