Vietnamization

U.S. policy equipping and training South Vietnamese to fight

• Escalation

• Vietnamization

• Containment

This process involved withdrawing troops from Vietnam and ending the draft

• Liberalism

• SALT

• Conservatism

• Vietnamization

• Detente

This process gave South Vietnam back control of their country.

• Liberalism

• SALT

• Conservatism

• Vietnamization

• Detente

What was the primary goal of the Vietnamization strategy?

• To initiate more combat operations in neighboring countries

• To support North Vietnam against South Vietnam

• To transfer all military responsibilities to South Vietnam

• To increase U.S. military involvement in Vietnam

As part of the Nixon administration’s policy of Vietnamization, the U.S. military —

• trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from U.S. troops

• shared military technology with North Vietnam

• shared military technology with North Vietnam

• installed a puppet government in South Vietnam

As part of the Nixon administration's policy of Vietnamization, the US military -

• Trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from US troops.

• Shared military technology with North Vietnam.

• Imposed martial law in North Vietnam.

• Installed a puppet government in South Vietnam.

In 1975, two years after the last American troops left Vietnam,:

• South Vietnam defeated the Viet Cong

• the United Nations drew up a treaty ending the war

• South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam

Who was the U.S. President that initiated the Vietnamization strategy?

• Richard M. Nixon

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Gerald Ford

What was the outcome of the Vietnamization strategy by 1975?

• A permanent peace treaty was signed

• South Vietnam fell to North Vietnamese communist forces

• South Vietnam successfully defended against North Vietnam

• Vietnam was divided into two separate nations

What was the main objective of the Vietnamization policy?

• To increase U.S. military presence in Vietnam

• To transfer combat roles to South Vietnamese forces

• To negotiate peace with North Vietnam

• To escalate the war into neighboring countries