EL Chp 26

This was based on the idea that countries on the brink of communism were waiting to fall to communism one after the other.  

• Vietminh

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

• domino theory

This allowed Communists in North Vietnam to supply military arms to the government opposition group in South Vietnam.  

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

• Geneva Accords

• Ngo Dinh Diem

This was a South Vietnamese opposition group that carried out thousands of assassinations of South Vietnamese government officials.  

• Ho Chi Minh

• domino theory

• Vietcong

He led the Indochinese Communist Party and fought French, Japanese, and U.S. forces for the independence of Vietnam.  

• Dien Bien Phu

• Ho Chi Minh

• Vietcong

This anti-Communist South Vietnam president canceled elections that were supposed to unify Vietnam.  

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

• Dien Bien Phu

This South Vietnamese policy was intended to combat the growing popularity and presence of an anti-government group in the South's countryside.

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

• strategic hamlet program

Which of the following ways did Buddhist monks demonstrate against Ngo Dinh Diem?

• Boycotting his businesses

• Burning themselves to death

• Protesting outside of his home

With the removal of Diem, South Vietnam became more stable.

• True

• False

What did students create to organize protests and teach about the war?

• Teach-ins

• Enlistment

• College deferment

This group of Americans became very active, politically & socially during the Vietnam conflict.

• High school students

• the middle class

• college students