The Vietnam War, 1954 - 1975

What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Germany

This US policy called for not allowing communism to spread.

• Imperialism

• Containment

• Isolationism

• captalism

If one country falls to communism, the other countries around would also fall to communism.

• Vietnamization

• Containment

• Domino Theory

• Marshall Plan

A massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968; caused American public support of war to plummet and showed that the communists had not lost the will to fight

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• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Tet Offensive

• My Lai Massacre

A massacre of 400 men, women, and children by US troops during the Vietnam War.

• My Lai Massacre

• Tet Offensive

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• D-Day

Allows those old enough to be drafted for military service the right to vote.

• 26th Amendment

• War Powers Act

• 1st Amendment

• Pentagon Papers

What style of warfare did the Vietcong use?

• Guerilla

• Aerial

• cTrenc

• Traditional

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to...

• American withdrawal from Vietnam

• Public disapproval of the war

• Escalation of the war

Use the cartoon below and your knowledge of the Vietnam War to answer the following question:

Which of the following is most clearly depicted by the cartoon?

• The United States is taking over fighting in Vietnam after the French surrendered

• The French were more successful in Vietnam than was the United States

• The United Nations should take over the fighting in Vietnam

• The Vietnam War was fought equally by the French and American  troops

One of the main arguments used to support U.S. military involvement in Vietnam was the fear that if Vietnam fell to communism, other nations in Southeast Asia could as well. This argument was known as the...

• Appeasement trap.

• Domino theory.

• Hegemony effect.

• Red scare.