Topic 10 - Vietnam Academic Language

Match the following

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Communist leader of North Vietnam, led the fight against the French and then the Americans to reunify the country

• John F. Kennedy

• President of the United States during Vietnam (1961-1963) who increased military presence in Vietnam

• Richard Nixon

• The South Vietnamese Non-communist leader backed by the U.S. during the Vietnam War

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• President of the United States during Vietnam (1963-1969). Escalated the military presence in Vietnam and approved Operation Rolling Thunder

• Ho Chi Minh

• President During Vietnam (1969-1973) Initiated the process of Vietnamization and began to withdraw troops from the war

Match the following

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• 1964 Congressional resolution authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam

• War Powers Act

• classified U.S. government study that
  revealed American leaders intentionally involved the United
  States in Vietnam without fully informing the American
  people; leaked to The New York Times in 1971

• Pentagon Papers

• A 1954 peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956

• Geneva Accords

• 1973 law passed by Congress restricting
  the President's war-making powers; the law requires the
  President to consult with Congress before committing
  American forces to a foreign conflict

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

• Vietnamization

• Imperialism

• Geneva Accords

• Nationalism

• Vietcong

a member of the communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces 1954-75 with the support of the North Vietnamese army

• Vietcong

• Conscientious objector

• Doves and Hawks

• Agent Orange

A network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam​ (a)  

• Ho Chi Minh Trail
• Ngo Dinh Diem
• Living Room War
• War Powers Act
• Tet Offensive
• Search and Destroy

Commander of the US forces in Vietnam. Strategized a war of attrition against the Vietcong and NVA. After 1968 his strategy was proven to not be as effective as it seemed.

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Ho Chi Minh

• General Westmoreland

a toxic leaf-killing chemical sprayed by U.S. planes in Vietnam to expose Vietcong hideouts. Linked to long term health conditions to soldiers exposed to it.

• Napalm

• Agent Orange

• Mai Lai Massacre

• Vietcont

• Operation Rolling Thunder

Highly flammable chemical dropped from US planes in firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War.​ (a)  

• Napalm
• Agent Orange
• Operation Rolling Thunder
• Geneva Accords
• Vietcong
• Tet Offensive

The Vietnam war was the first war that was shown on TV every night in America

• Doves and Hawks

• Living Room War

• Vietnamization

• Pentagon Papers

• Conscientious Objector

people who opposed the war and people who supported the war's goals

• Geneva Accords

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Conscientious Objector

• Vietcong

• Doves and Hawks