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DSST History Of The Vietnam War
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1. A Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam. Also known as the National Liberation Front.
Viet Cong
Bao Dai
Le Duc Tho
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
2. American General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak from 1964 to 1968. Preceded by Paul D. Harkins and replaced by Creighton Abrams - who oversaw the withdrawal from Vietnam.
Operation Menu
Foreign Assistance Act
William Westmoreland
Ngo Dinh Nhu
3. 1973 peace agreement between the United States - South Vietnam - North Vietnam - and the Vietcong that effectively ended the Vietnam War.
Napalm
The Killing Fields
Paris Peace Accords
Vietnamization
4. President of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) from 1967 until the republic fell to the forces of North Vietnam in 1975. Authoritarian.
Napalm
Phoenix Program
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nguyen Van Thieu
5. A network of jungle paths winding from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam - used as a military route by North Vietnam to supply the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.
Guns and Butter
Pentagon Papers
Vietnamization
Ho Chi Minh Trail
6. Vietnam Veterans Against the War; one of the most influential anti-war organizations of its era.
Battle of Ap Bac
VVAW
Pentagon Papers
Tet Offensive
7. North Vietnamese troops surrounded U.S - Marines in 1968 - forcing the first American abandonment of a combat base due to enemy pressure. Nobody can fully agree on who actually won this battle.
First Indochina War
Pham Van Dong
Siege at Khe Sahn
Easter Offensive
8. American ally in South Vietnam from 1954 to 1963; his repressive regime brought about the Communist Viet Cong resistance and required increasing American military aid to stop a Communist takeover. He was killed in a coup in 1963.
Ngo Dinh Diem
Easter Offensive
Nguyen Van Thieu
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
9. President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S involvement in the Vietnam war - involving a gradual withdrawal of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces.
Henry Kissinger
Pham Ngoc Thao
Agent Orange
Vietnamization
10. Students for a Democratic Society-an antiestablishment New Left group - founded in 1960 - this group charged that corporations and large government institutions had taken over America - and protested the Vietnam War. Dissolved in 1969.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
SDS
Easter Offensive
Agent Orange
11. August 1968; various youth anti-war groups met in Chicago to coincide with the Democratic National Convention - were met with police - and televised rioting broke out.
Nguyen Cao Ky
Operation Rolling Thunder
Democratic Convention Protests
Strategic Hamlet Program
12. The 8th US Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968. He was the architect for the Vietnam War and promptly resigned after the US lost badly.
Napalm
Lon Nol
Easter Offensive
Robert McNamara
13. In 1954 - Vietminh rebels besieged a French garrison at Dien Bien Phu - deep in the interior of northern Vietnam. In May - after the United States refused to intervene - Dien Bien Phu fell to the communists.
Democratic Convention Protests
Pham Ngoc Thao
Le Duan
Dien Bien Phu
14. 1968; National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces launched a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year (Tet) - and are defeated after a month of fighting and many thousands of casualties; major defeat for communism - but Americans reacted shar
Ngo Dinh Diem
Dien Bien Phu
Tet Offensive
Pham Ngoc Thao
15. The main negotiator of the peace treaty with the North Vietnamese; secretary of state during Nixon's presidency (1970s). Later won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in Vietnam.
Kent State Shootings
Paris Peace Accords
VVAW
Henry Kissinger
16. Hi Chi Minh's most trusted lieutenant - he led the Viet Minh in a victory over the French that concluded with the battle at Dien Bien Phu.
Lon Nol
Nguyen Cao Ky
Henry Kissinger
Vo Nguyen Giap
17. The relationship between a nation's investment in defense and civilian goods. President Johnson's attempts at creating his 'Great Society' were hampered by the spending of the Vietnam War - for example.
VVAW
Foreign Assistance Act
Domino Theory
Guns and Butter
18. Duong led the South Vietnamese army under prime minister Ngo Dinh Diem. In 1963 - he became leader of South Vietnam after a coup in which Diem was murdered. Duong's rule lasted after only two months - but he briefly led South Vietnam again in 1975 be
Paris Peace Accords
Duong Van Minh
Pham Ngoc Thao
Pathet Lao
19. Highly flammable jellied gasoline dropped from US planes in firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War.
Napalm
Pentagon Papers
Democratic Convention Protests
Bao Dai
20. In 1965 - the United States brought in B52 bombers to attack North Vietnam - beginning the escalation of the war and leading to Operation Rolling Thunder.
Kent State Shootings
Operation Flaming Dart
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Strategic Hamlet Program
21. The largest North Vietnamese campaign since 1968 - carried out during the end of the war in 1972. Despite hampering by inept tactics and high casualties - they gained the city of Quang Tri and a better bargaining position.
Operation Flaming Dart
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Easter Offensive
Foreign Assistance Act
22. Late in April 1975 - communist forces marched into Saigon - shortly after officials of the Thieu regime and the staff of the American embassy had fled the country in humiliating disarray. The forces quickly occupied the capital - renamed it Ho Chi Mi
Le Duan
Henry Kissinger
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Fall of Saigon
23. After Ho's death - Le assumed leadership of North Vietnam until 1986. He was known publicly as Ba - or 'Second Son.'
Robert McNamara
Geneva Accords
Fall of Saigon
Le Duan
24. 1946-1954. This war was fought in French Indochina between the French and Viet Minh. The end result was the division of Vietnam at Geneva Conference.
Vietnamization
First Indochina War
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Democratic Convention Protests
25. Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam - formed on June 8 - 1969 - as an underground government opposed to the South Vietnamese government of President Nguy?n Van Thi?u.
Pol Pot
PRG
Operation Rolling Thunder
William Westmoreland
26. An amendment prohibiting any future military activity in SE Asia. It was passed by a veto proof majority in both houses - and ended US involvement in Vietnam in 1973.
Foreign Assistance Act
Case-Church Amendment
Battle of Ap Bac
Dien Bien Phu
27. 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. However - Diem rigged the elections and kept the two divided.
Le Duc Tho
Geneva Accords
Siege at Khe Sahn
Operation Cedar Falls
28. Viet Cong vs. South Vietnam and U.S. January 2 - 1963 Ap Bac Hamlet - South Vietnam.
Champa
Battle of Ap Bac
Phoenix Program
Foreign Assistance Act
29. Air Vice Marshall of South Vietnam's military; He became Prime Minister in June - 1965 after a coup d'etat (ousting Khanh - then Dr. Quat). Thieu was his chief of state until Ky lost an election in 1967 to him and Ky became vice-president. He ran a v
PRG
First Indochina War
Nguyen Cao Ky
Agent Orange
30. A Communist infiltrator; he pushed the Strategic Hamlet Program to self-destructive speeds to foster resentment against the Diem regime - and helped unseat both Diem and the military junta of Khanh.
Pathet Lao
Foreign Assistance Act
Pham Ngoc Thao
Henry Kissinger
31. 1961. Countries that did not respect human rights were denied military assistance by the United States - and military and non-military assistance were separated and organized.
SDS
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Foreign Assistance Act
Operation Flaming Dart
32. North Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990).
Le Duc Tho
Nguyen Cao Ky
Pham Van Dong
Hue Phat Dan Shootings
33. French puppet and leader of Republic of Vietnam from 1946-54.
Guns and Butter
Nguyen Van Thieu
Bao Dai
Robert McNamara
34. He was the head political leader of the Viet Minh - in which he oversaw recruitment and was responsible for other political negotiations for the Viet Minh. Represented the Viet Minh at the Geneva Conference in 1954 - and acted as prime minister betwe
Battle of Ap Bac
Pham Van Dong
Le Duan
Vo Nguyen Giap
35. The aim of this massive search and destroy operation was to eradicate the so-called 'Iron Triangle' - an area located in close proximity to Saigon which had become a major stronghold of the Viet Cong. While it did locate and destroy a great deal - it
Operation Cedar Falls
Operation Flaming Dart
Guns and Butter
Napalm
36. The political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control - then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.
Le Duan
Fall of Saigon
Operation Flaming Dart
Domino Theory
37. A US-South Vietnamese plan to set up well-placed towns full of trained villagers to combat the NLF by resettling and training existing towns. Preceded by the equally ineffective Agroville Program - it failed due to poor execution - corruption - lack
Ngo Dinh Diem
Fall of Saigon
SDS
Strategic Hamlet Program
38. Controversial CI program executed by the CIA - United States special operations forces - and the Republic of Vietnam's (South Vietnam) security apparatus during the Vietnam War. It was designed to identify and 'neutralize' the civilian infrastructure
Champa
Siege at Khe Sahn
Phoenix Program
Pham Van Dong
39. The brother of Ngo Dinh Diem - he played a vital but informal role in Ngo Dinh Diem's government - being largely responsible for taking over drug - alcohol - and gambling syndicates in Saigon. Killed in the coup that overthrew his brother. His wife -
Bao Dai
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Vo Nguyen Giap
Pham Ngoc Thao
40. A herbicide used as a chemical weapon during the Vietnam War to kill vegetation and expose enemy hiding places.
Geneva Accords
First Indochina War
Agent Orange
Case-Church Amendment
41. A state formerly located in what is now southern Vietnam. It was hostile to Annam and was annexed by Annam and destroyed as an independent entity in 1500.
Ngo Dinh Diem
Paris Peace Accords
Champa
Lon Nol
42. The leading communist party in Laos - similar to the Cambodian Khmer Rouge. It was eventually used to describe any communist in Laos - and it worked closely with the Vietnamese Viet Minh.
PRG
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Pathet Lao
Pentagon Papers
43. A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7 - 1964 in direct response to a minor and bizarre naval engagement known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization - without a formal declaration o
Domino Theory
Foreign Assistance Act
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Democratic Convention Protests
44. Ngo Dinh Diem's military opened fire on a group of Buddhists protesting the ban of the Buddhist flag - killing nine and spurring widespread protests (including self-immolation by monks) against discrimination against Buddhism.
Tet Offensive
Case-Church Amendment
Operation Menu
Hue Phat Dan Shootings
45. Nixon launched an air offensive in March 1969 against Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia - leading to the overthrow of Cambodian Prince Sihanouk and strengthening Cambodia's Communists.
Geneva Accords
Operation Menu
Kent State Shootings
First Indochina War
46. A 7 -000-page top-secret United States government report on the history of the internal planning and policy-making process within the government itself concerning the Vietnam War.
First Indochina War
Pentagon Papers
Nguyen Van Thieu
SDS
47. Incident in which National Guard troops fired at a group of students during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in Ohio - killing four people.
Viet Cong
Kent State Shootings
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Domino Theory
48. (1925-1998) Leader of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. He is responsible for the deaths of almost 2 million of his own people due to starvation - execution - and beatings.
Pol Pot
Lon Nol
Battle of Ap Bac
Hue Phat Dan Shootings
49. Name for the places/fields where enemies of Pol Pot were tortured and eventually killed during the Cambodian Genocide.
Bao Dai
VVAW
The Killing Fields
Operation Rolling Thunder
50. A strategy of gradually intensified bombing of North Vietnam - begun in February 1965. Less than a month later - Johnson ordered the first US combat troops to South Vietnam - and in July he shifted US troops from defensive to offensive operations - d
Vietnamization
Champa
SDS
Operation Rolling Thunder