Vietnam Bonus

Gave the U.S. President authority to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States."

• Pentagon Papers

• The Draft

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• War Powers Act

President must notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops; had to gain Congress' approval to stay longer than 90 days; designed to curtail President's power.

• Pentagon Papers

• Tet Offense

• War Powers Act

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Secret government documents published In 1971; revealed the U.S. government had misled Americans about the Vietnam War.

• Pentagon Papers

• War Powers Act

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• Tet Offensive

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. 1945-1991

• Tet Offensive

• Cold War

• Geneva Conference

• Vietnam Conflict

Agreement between French and Vietnamese that divided Vietnam into two separate countries at the 17th parallel.

• Tonkin Resolution

• Pentagon Papers

• Treaty of Versailles

• Geneva Accords

Surprise attack by NVA and Viet Cong on major cities in the South during a Vietnamese holiday; military victory for US, but political victory for V.C; was the turning point in the war

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Tet Offensive

• My Lai Massacre

• Tonkin Raids

Which of the following believed in the Domino Theory?

• President Roosevelt

• President Kennedy

• President Eisenhower

• President Johnson

According to the Domino Theory, which of the following countries would have fallen to communism if Vietnam fell?

• Laos

• Korea

• Cambodia

• Thailand

What treaty ended American involvement in Vietnam?

• Paris Accords (1973 Peace Agreement)

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Kent (1973 Super Agreement)

• Treaty of Tonkin

Social movement that protested the war and sought out the end of the war and peace.

• Dove Movement

• Antipeace Movement

• Antiwar movement

• Hippy Movement