Vietnam War (8-15)

If one country in SE Asia fell to communism the other countries would follow.

• Domino Theory

• Laissez Faire

• Hawks for War

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Who created the Domino Theory?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• JFK

• LBJ

• FDR

Containment is

• Not allowing communism to spread

• A form of Massive Retaliation

• Government hands off the economy

• "New Deal" Policy created by FDR

Who was the leader of the Viet Cong?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Josef Stalin

• MLK

• Mao Zedong

What were the Viet Kong

• South Vietnamese

• North Vietnamese

• Chinese

• Malaysians

What is a defoliant?

• Chemical that encourages plant growth

• Chemical that removes leaves from trees/plants

• Deodorant

Roy Benavidez

• Founder of GI Forum

• Congressional Medal of Honor winner

• Gulf of Tonkin POW

• Supreme Court Justice

Allowed the president to use “any means necessary” to escalate the conflict in Vietnam without congressional approval

• Massive Retalliation

• Brinkmanship

• Hawks for War

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution increase or decrease US involvement in the Vietnam War?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stayed the same