Nixon and Vietnamization

1968, massive attack by the Viet Cong on major cities in South Vietnam; caused American public support of war to plummet

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Tet Offensive

• Kent State University

This process involved withdrawing troops from Vietnam and ending the draft

• Liberalism

• SALT

• Conservatism

• Vietnamization

• Detente

Which nation or nations did President Nixon expand relations with during the Cold War?

• Cuba

• China

• Soviet Union

• China and Soviet Union

This term describes President Nixon's plan to replace US troops with Vietnamese troops to end US involvement in Vietnam by bringing "peace with honor".

• Vietnamization

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Maddox Resolution

• Agent Orange

The Tet Offensive was a major turning point in Vietnam because it

• began to turn people on the US homefront against the war.

• saw the South Vietnamese capture Saigon.

• led to the VC capturing major US airbases in South Vietnam.

• wiped out most of the VC forces and led to a cease-fire in Vietnam.

Due to a lack of volunteers and the need for more troops, in 1965 LBJ

• used the Selective Service System (Draft) to double the soldiers in Vietnam.

• decided to start a draft lottery that would be televised.

• announced the US would begin training South Vietnamese troops to cover the gap.

• decided that it was time for the US to pull out of Vietnam.

The group that supported the war in Vietnam were known as

• Hawks

• Doves

• Silent Majority

The group that opposed the war in Vietnam were known as

• Hawks

• Doves

• Silent Majority

Nixon's policy for achieving "Peace with Honor" by gradually withdrawing American troops to let South Vietnamese troops take over was known as

• New Federalism

• Vietnamization

• Silent Majority

• Operation Ranch Hand

____________ were used to quickly move troops in and out of the jungles of Vietnam.

• Tanks

• Helicopters

• Boats

• Jeeps