Vietnam War Ch.29-2

What was President Johnson's reason for becoming actively involved in the conflict in Vietnam?

• Search and destroy tactics

• Disruption of the Ho Chi Minh Trail

• The bombing of Hiroshima

• A naval battle in the Tonkin Golf

What were supporters of the war called?

• Doves

• Hawks

• Draft Dodgers

• Elephants

Paths and tunnels that were used as a supply route by North Vietnamese were called _______.

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

• Tonkin Golf

The North Vietnamese army and the Vietcong received supplies from __________.

• France and the United States

• China and the Soviet Union

Finding hidden enemy camps, and destroying them with massive fire power and airstrikes:

• Napalm and agent orange

• Tet offensive

• Trench Warfare

• Search and destroy

__________ were called opponents of the war.

• Doves

• Hawks

• Gorillas

Where did most of the fighting occur, during the Vietnam war?

• mountains and plains

• shallow rivers

• thick jungles

• deep oceans

President Johnson's top priority when he came into office was to ________.

• be the best.

• win a victory in Vietnam.

• drop a hydrogen bomb in the Soviet Union.

Violent images of the War were televised for the American public to see.

• True

• False

As casualties increased, support for the Vietnam War also increased.

• True

• False