Chapter 10 U.S. History

How did the domino theory influence United States foreign policy?

• It suggested that the United States should refuse to send military aid to Vietnam

• It suggested that all Western powers would support the United States in its war efforts

• It suggested that the North Vietnamese would fall "like a line of dominoes"

• It suggested that you had to intervene to stop communism before it spreads

What was one of the negative effects on the economy during the Vietnam War?

• There was low unemployment

• Many people were able to secure jobs in the war industries

• No one was destroying our fields so there was plenty of food to eat

• There was high inflation due to a lack of consumer products

What was “war fatigue” that many Americans felt after the Vietnam War?

• This is where soldiers were exhausted from all of the fighting, that is why the Army only gave soldiers 1 year “tours”

• This was where civilians were physically tired from all of the walking they had to do due to gasoline shortages

• This was where people were tired of even hearing about Vietnam because it had gone on so long

• This was the feeling that if we just kept fighting longer that we would tire out our enemy

What did the War Powers Act do?

• It encouraged the President to use military force without needing to consult Congress

• It secured alliances with foreign countries that would help us in the fight against communism

• It forced the President to speak to Congress within 48 hours of committing U.S. troops in a foreign country

• It set the 51st Parallel as the dividing line between North and South Vietnam

What happened at My Lai?

• U.S. soldiers massacred over 500 civilians

• This was where the final defeat of French forces happened at

• This was where U.S. forces won the final battle of the Vietnam War

• U.S. soldiers engaged the North Vietnamese army and won a decisive battle

What was the ultimate goal of President Nixon’s Vietnamization plan?

• To continue to make the United States into the “great melting pot” by bringing Vietnamese people here

• To gradually let China take over Vietnam

• To gradually let the South Vietnamese take over fighting responsibilities

• To encourage Vietnam to become a nation of farmers and to live the “Vietnamese Way”

What was the public’s perception after the 1968 Republican and Democratic Conventions?

• The Republican party was fractured so they split their votes

• The two parties were steadily merging into one political party

• Neither of the political parties wanted what was best for the country

• The Democratic Party was the party of chaos

What did the “credibility gap” refer to?

• The unreliability of journalists and reporters

• The things that President Johnson said and the reality of what was going on

• The public’s doubt that the U.S. could win the war

• The brutal reality conveyed by media reports about the war

Why was the Tet Offensive a strategic blow to the U.S. military?

• It was a coordinated attack on cities throughout North Vietnam

• It proved that the South Vietnamese were declining in strength

• It showed that the communists were still strong and determined

• There were so many American and South Vietnamese casualties

What was the 26th Amendment designed to do?

• Move the legal voting age to 18

• Add a military draft to the U.S. Constitution

• Outlaw the use of literacy tests to vote

• Provide for succession to the Presidency