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Vietnam Conflict?

Escalation Leaders Protests Nixon’s Vietnam

Vietnam Misc.

What country colonized Vietnam before WWII?

A 100

France

A 100

What was the capital city in N. Vietnam?

A 200

Hanoi

A 200

What was the MAIN goal for the United States as it relates to involvement in Vietnam?

A 300

Stop the spread of COMMUNISM!!

A 300

U.S. concern that communism will spread to

border countries, if allowed, was communicated by Dwight D. Eisenhower through what theoretic

ideology?

A 400

Domino Theory

A 400

The Selective Service Act helped establish what

controversial government action during Vietnam

conflict?

A 500

Draft

A 500

This group of fighters were South Vietnamese supporters of Ho Chi Mihn’s communist

regime in N. Vietnam

B 100

Vietcong, VC, or Charlie

B 100

This enabled N. Vietnam to send troops and supplies into

S. Vietnam….name it.

B 200

Ho Chi Mihn Trail

B 200

What country did the ARVN represent & who was their

enemy?

B 300

Army of the Republic of Vietnam represented South Vietnam…..the enemy was

N. Vietnam, NVA, and Vietcong

B 300

Name 2 jobs most women participated in during the

Vietnam War.

B 400

Nurses, American Red Cross, and the USO

B 400

Name 3 ways young men could be deferred in the draft

in 1965.

B 500

1. College 2. Medical 3. Lenient draft board 4.

National Guard 5. Coast Guard

B 500

Who was the U.S. commander of troops in

Vietnam?

C 100

William Westmoreland

C 100

Which U.S. president asked Congress for more power in

military decisions through the Gulf of Tonkin resolution?

C 200

Lyndon Baines Johnson

C 200

Who was the mayor of Chicago that ordered police

to break up the protests during the Democratic National Convention in

1968?

C 300

Richard Daley

C 300

DAILY DOUBLE

C 400

DAILY DOUBLE

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Name the leader of the Free Speech Movement (FSM),

and the leader of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

C 400

FSM leader – Mario Savio

SDS leader – Tom Hayden

C 400

This Vietnamese nationalist founded the Indo-Chinese

Communist Party.

C 500

Ho Chi Mihn

C 500

Describe Dr. Martin Luther King’s statement regarding

African American involvement in the Vietnam

War.

D 100

He believed it was unfair that they were fighting for a

country that treated them unfairly at home.

D 100

What event sparked the riots at Kent State University that led to 4 people losing their

lives?

D 200

US invasion of Cambodia

D 200

This event in 1968 was the turning point of the Vietnam War as it relates to support from the American public.

D 300

The Tet Offensive

D 300

This 1968 presidential candidate was considered the

“dove” candidate at the Democratic National

Convention

D 400

Eugene McCarthy

D 400

The assassination of these 2 leaders in 1968 would be

major losses for civil rights supporters and anti-war

supporters

D 500

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Robert Kennedy

D 500

This man was Nixon’s National Security Advisor and the main negotiator for

peace for the U.S. in Vietnam.

E 100

Henry Kissinger

E 100

Nixon’s plan for gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops in S. Vietnam was called what?

E 200

Vietnamization

E 200

Moderate mainstream Americans who quietly

supported Nixon’s Vietnam war policies were called

what?

E 300

The Silent Majority

E 300

The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to do what?

E 400

Restrict the power of the president

E 400

After negotiations broke off between South and North Vietnam, Nixon ordered

continued bombings over an eleven day period. What was

this called?

E 500

The Christmas Bombings

E 500

Those Americans who supported the U.S.

governments war policies and felt the U.S. should unleash

the full power of the military were called?

F 100

Hawks

F 100

An agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in

Vietnam was signed on what date?

F 200

January 27, 1973

F 200

Which administration’s efforts to mislead the

American people were revealed by the publication of

the Pentagon Papers?

F 300

Lyndon B. Johnson

F 300

Name the U.S. Army Lieutenant who commanded the massacre at My Lai.

F 400

William Calley

F 400

Leader of the Khmer Rouge that killed over 1 million Cambodians

F 500

Pol Pot

F 500

The Final Jeopardy Category is:

Legacy of the War

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How many U.S. soldiers lost their lives during Vietnam War?

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58,000

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