Unit 13: the Vietnam War

1. First president/Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945-1955.

• Mao Zedong
• Kim Il-sung
• Fidel Castro
• Ho Chi Minh

1. An organization of Vietnamese communists that between 1946-1954 fought for Vietnamese independence from the French.

• Viet Patriots
• Viet Rebels
• Viet Minh
• Viet Cong

The South Vietnamese Communists who with support from the North, fought against the government of South Vietnam

• Viet Cong
• North Vietnamese Army
• Vietnamese People's Army
• Vietnamese Liberation Front

1. A network of paths used by North Vietnamese to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam.

• Ho Chi Minh Trail
• Hanoi Highway
• Vietnam Expressway
• Saigon Speedway

Resolution adopted by Congress in 1964 that gave the President broad powers to wage war in Vietnam

• Korean War Resolution
• Iraq War Resolution
• World War II Resolution
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Army of the Republic of Vietnam-South Vietnamese soldiers who fought with US troops and against Communism

• ARVN

• US Army

• South Vietnamese soldiers

• Viet Cong

1. A gasoline based substance used in bombs that US planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle & expose Vietcong.

• Agent Blue
• Nuke

• Napalm

• Agent Orange

Missions by the US military to root out villagers that were a part of the Vietcong which usually resulted in the villages destruction

• Find & Occupy missions

• Hunt and Destroy missions
• Seek and Destroy missions
• Search and Destroy missions

Nixon’s strategy for ending US involvement in Vietnam-gradual withdrawal of US troops & replacing them with South Vietnam troops.

• Vietnamization

• Handing over control to North Vietnam
• Increasing US troops presence in Vietnam
• Immediate withdrawal of US troops without replacement

In the US, if you supported the Vietnam War you were considered a ____; you were a ____ if you wanted peace.

• Hawk, Dove

• good guy, bad guy

• Hawks wanted peace, Doves supported the Vietnam War.
• Hawks were neutral, Doves supported the Vietnam War.