US FAC Unit 9.3

After the Vietnam War

• both countries were reunited as one democratic country.

• both countries were reunited as one communist country

• the Americans had to pay for most of the damage.

• North Vietnam stayed communist, and South Vietnam stayed a democracy.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for US involvement in the Vietnam War?

• The Domino Theory

• Containment

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Vietnamization

In the ____________________, United States soldiers killed at least 450 women, children, and elderly men, shocking the American public.

• My Lai Massacre

• Attack on Sai Pan

• Tet Offensive

• Attack on Khe Sanh

Leading Vietnamese nationalist figure, supporting the Communist party

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Viet Cong

• Kent State University

The Vietnamese who fought against the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops

• Democratic Republic of Vietnam

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Viet Cong

• Ho Chi Minh

Gave the President power to expand US involvement in Vietnam

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Domino Theory

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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

Although the Soviet Union and the US never went to war against each other, the Korean and Vietnam Wars are considered to be ___ during the Cold War era.

• proxy wars

• blockade

• conscientious objector

• credibility gap

What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?

• Identifying the enemy 
• The jungle provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies

• Weather and climate
• All of these

New weapons like (a)   , a sticky gasoline-based jelly that burns, inflicted harm on the Vietnamese, while herbicides like ​ (b)   destroyed the jungle cover used by the Vietcong to hide.

• napalm
• Agent Orange
• MK77
• Fougasse