Vietnam War

What was the NVA?

What was the Vietcong?

What was the ARVN?

Who was the leader of North Vietnam?

What foreign support did North Vietnam have?

What foreign support did South Vietnam have?

Who was Ngo Dinh Diem?

Why was Diem an unpopular leader?

Why were the USA wary of Ho Chi Minh?

How did Eisenhower contribute to the Vietnam war from 1953-61?

How did Kennedy contribute to the Vietnam war from 1961-63?

How did Johnson contribute to the Vietnam war from 1963-69?

How did Nixon contribute to the Vietnam war from 1969-74?

How did the geography of Vietnam affect the way in which the war was fought?

Describe the tactics that the Vietcong used

Explain how the Vietcong used underground tunnels

Why were the booby traps so effective in lowering American morale?

What were American search and destroy missions?

What were the effects of the search and destroy missions?

What effects did Napalm have on humans?

What was Agent Orange?

What were the effects of Agent Orange on humans?

What were strategic hamlets used by the USA and the ARVN?

What was the Ho Chi Minh trail?

In what year was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

Describe the Gulf of Tonkin incident

What was Operation Rolling Thunder?

What were the successes of Operation Rolling Thunder?

What were the failures of Operation Rolling Thunder?

What was the Tet Offensive?

How did America benefit from the Tet Offensive?

How did the NVA benefit from the Tet Offensive?

Describe why there was opposition to the war for political reasons.

Explain how the media created opposition to the war

How was Martin Luther King significant during the Vietnam war?

What was Vietnamisation?

Why was America reluctant to withdraw troops from Vietnam?

What happened in 1969 that made the USSR and China more open to better relations with the USA?

Describe how Nixon attempted to use the USSR and China to end the war

In what year was the ceasefire?

In what year were the North and South united as a communist country?