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Jeopardy: Vietnam And Beyond. 1, 2, 3, WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?. VIETNAM RELATED PLACES. PEOPLE. MEKONG MADNESS. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE. AFTER VIETNAM. 1, 2, 3, WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?. VIETNAM RELATED PLACES. MEKONG MADNESS. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE. AFTER VIETNAM. PEOPLE. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A tour of duty for a Vietnam soldier
lasted this long
What is one year?
The Vietnam War is an example of this Cold
War Era policy
What is containment?
During what major world event did the U.S. first become
involved in Vietnam?
What is WWII?
This presidential policy said that the U.S. would continue
to provide money and weapons to the S. Vietnamese,
but no U.S. soldiersWhat is the Nixon Doctrine?
When these were released, the U.S. public learned of
the many lies they had been told during Vietnam
What are the Pentagon Papers?
American troops massacred hundreds of Vietnamese
civilians in this “Pinkville” town
What is My Lai?
The battle at this town signaled the end of large scale
French involvement in Vietnam
What os Dien Bien Phu?
The incident in this watery location allowed LBJ to justify
the escalation of the war
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
These are the three parts of the Veterans Memorial in
Washington, D.C. What are The Woman’s Memorial, The Three
Soldiers, and The Wall?
This city, the capitol of South Vietnam, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City following the war
What is Saigon?
He declared Vietnam independent in 1945.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
The U.S. installed this guy as leader of South Vietnam. Then we let him get shot.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
The burden of fighting the Vietnam War fell mostly to
people from this economic class
What are working/low class?
After JFK was shot, he was the first president to send large numbers of troops to Vietnam
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
Who is Thich Quang Duc?
This Buddhist monk is the most famous of all those who burned themselves
In South Vietnam, these were the people fighting
the U.S. and ARVN forces
What are the Viet Cong?
This explosive weapon was used to burn large stretches
of the jungle in Vietnam
What is Napalm?
The primary defoliant used by U.S. forces in Vietnam
What is Agent Orange?
This combined Viet Cong and NVA attack began on
Vietnamese New Year.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This bombing campaign was designed to destroy the
Ho Chi Minh Trail. It failed.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
Approximately this many U.S. soldiers died during the
Vietnam War
What is 58,000?
Protests at this university turned violent in 1970
What is Kent State?
Three ways men avoided the draft
What are medical excuses, college, being an only son, etc?
Buddhist monks used self-immolation to protest restrictions
placed on them by this man
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
These accords temporarily divided Vietnam and
provided for elections in two years
What are the Geneva Accords?
The Watergate break ins were carried out by this
organization
What is CREEP?
He was president during the Iran-Contra Affair
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Reaganomics is based on the tax theories created by this
man in the early 1900s
Who is Andrew Mellon?
He was the leader of the Moral Majority
Who is Jerry Falwell?
This was the first attempt to normalize relations between the
U.S. and ChinaWhat is Ping-Ping Diplomacy?
Prior to 9/11, this was the most deadly act of terrorism on U.S. soil
What is the Oklahoma City
Bombing?
(168 people killed)
