Vietnam War

Name:

Who was the leader of North Vietnam, started the war, Saigon [in south], eventually named after him?

• Lyndon Johnson

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Die Diem

• Kim Jung IL

Although this leader wanted the Great Society at home, his handling of the Vietnam War was viewed negatively by most, and eventually he refused a second term as president.

• Lyndon Johnson

• JFK

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• General Westmoreland

This border was created to separate the North from the South at the first Geneva Peace Convention of 1954

• demilitarized zone

• line of no war [nang diem dinh]

• line of demarcation

• equator

Which of these is NOT a reason Vietnam was so hard war to fight?

• The vietnamese had a history of being taken over and knew how to fight

• They had superior technology and firepower

• They had the advantage of 'home field' and knew the terrain

• They never had an established 'frontline' to fight, making it hard for U.S. and Southern forces to 'win'

What was the main theory or reason behind saving southern Vietnam from the North?

• to be world leaders in peace

• to stop the Domino Theory

• to show the world American fighting power

• to scare the USSR

____________ were communist South (and north) Vietnamese citizens who wanted a unified Vietnam and they mainly used guerilla warfare

• vietnamization

• SVA

• US soldiers

• vietcong

This supply trail ran through neighboring countries of Cambodia and Laos was crucial to helping the North vietnamese fight in the south. Towards the end of the war the United States started to bomb it, which bothered U.S. people.

• demilitarization zone

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

• operation ranch hand

• Communist Support Running Trail

Although many young people went to fight, some believed it was not their problem and for other reasons decided not to be enlisted in the army. Some moved to Canada or hid they were called

• beatniks

• hippies

• draft dodgers

• vietcong

These were people who largely disapproved of war in general and wanted to try other means over war they were called ______ not hawks.

• doves

• socialists

• hippies

• veterans