Vietnam War Vocabulary

Repatriation

• he difference between what a person says or promises and what they actually think or do

• payment made after a war

• the return of someone to their own country.

• compulsory recruitment for military service.

a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic

• Hippie

• War Veteran

• Counter-Culture

• Silent Majority

Counterculture

• A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society

• A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior coincide substantially from those of mainstream society

American voters who didn't speak out or protest for any major causes like those who protested the Vietnam War

• Counterculture

• Hippies

• Silent Majority

• Credibility Gap

An act that checked and limit the power of the president by requiring the approval of congress to put American troops in combat areas

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• War Powers Act of 1973

• Tet Offensive

• Domino Theory

What year was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

• 1964

• 1966

• 1968

• 1970

Vietnamization

• was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War

• was a policy of the Lyndon B. Johnson administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War

• was a policy of the JFK administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War

Tet Offensive

• was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War launched by South Vietnam

• was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War launched by North Vietnam

• was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War launched by the Soviet Union

• was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War launched by the US

Credibility gap is a term that came into wide use with journalism, political and public discourse in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. At the time, it was most frequently used to describe public scepticism about the Lyndon B. Johnson administration's statements and policies on the Vietnam War

• True

• False

The domino theory is a geopolitical theory which posits that increases or decreases in democracy in one country tend to spread to neighboring countries in a domino effect.

• Tet Offensive

• Credibility Gap

• Domino Theory

• Military Draft