50
Do Now •Take out your study guide •Sit SILENTLY and wait for instructions.
Do Now• Take out your study guide • Sit SILENTLY and wait for
instructions.
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500
FINAL JEOPARDY
Acronyms
FINAL JEOPARDY• What does “NVA” stand for
EXACTLY?
FINAL JEOPARDY• What does “NVA” stand for
EXACTLY?
FINAL JEOPARDY• What does “NVA” stand for
EXACTLY?
FINAL JEOPARDY• What does “NVA” stand for
EXACTLY?• North Vietnamese Army
Category 1 100
How was the United States involved in the First Indochina War?
Category 1 100
How was the United States involved in the First Indochina War?
The United States provided military support to France
Category 1 200
What happened at Dien Bien Phu?
Category 1 200
What happened at Dien Bien Phu?
The Viet Minh defeated French forces, leading to French withdrawal from Vietnam
Category 1 300
What were the consequences of the Geneva Accords?
Category 1 300
What were the consequences of the Geneva Accords?
Vietnam was divided into two countries, North Vietnam and South Vietnam
Category 1 400
What was the difference between the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese government?
Category 1 400
What was the difference between the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese government?
The Viet Cong were communist revolutionaries in South Vietnam, while the communist North Vietnamese government controlled North Vietnam
Category 1 500
What was the desired result of the U.S. containment policy?
Category 1 500
What was the desired result of the U.S. containment policy?
To stop communism from spreading.
Category 2 100
What was the immediate impact of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
Category 2 100
What was the immediate impact of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
The United States passed a resolution allowing the U.S. government to use military force in southeast Asia
Category 2 200
What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
Category 2 200
What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
A series of supply routes from North Vietnam to South Vietnam by way of Laos and Cambodia
Category 2 300
How did the relationship between American troops and South Vietnamese villagers change over time?
Category 2 300
How did the relationship between American troops and South Vietnamese villagers change over time?
South Vietnamese villagers came to distrust American troops
Category 2 400
Describe the role of American women in the war.
Category 2 400
Describe the role of American women in the war.
TranslatorPhysical Therapist Intelligence officer
Category 2 500
What was the main purpose of Agent Orange?
Category 2 500
What was the main purpose of Agent Orange?
To strip the leaves off (defoliate) trees in the jungle so as to better spot Viet Cong
Category 3 100
How were American P.O.W.s treated following an attempt by two Americans tried to escape?
Category 3 100
How were American P.O.W.s treated following an attempt by two Americans tried to escape?
After two prisoners of war failed in their escape attempt, North Vietnam increased its use of torture in prisons
Category 3 200
Describe the level of support the U.S. received from its allies.
Category 3 200
Describe the level of support the U.S. received from its allies.
The U.S. received little assistance from its allies.
Category 3 300
Describe the groups that made up the anti-war movement.
Category 3 300
Describe the groups that made up the anti-war movement.
It consisted of people with a variety of beliefs about war and reasons for wanting the U.S. to withdraw from Vietnam.
Category 3 400
Antiwar groups were most likely to have previously been involved in which movement?
Category 3 400
Antiwar groups were most likely to have previously been involved in which movement?
The Civil Rights Movement
Category 3 500
What were the reasons Martin Luther King, Jr. opposed the Vietnam War?
Category 3 500
What were the reasons Martin Luther King, Jr. opposed the Vietnam War?
Thought it was immoralHe felt that the war diverted too much
money from antipoverty programs in the U.S.
Category 4 100
Was burning a draft card protected by Freedom of Speech?
Category 4 100
Was burning a draft card protected by Freedom of Speech?
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1968 that arrests made over burning draft cards had not violated the First Amendment right to free speech
Category 4 200
What impact did the Tet Offensive have on the American public?
Category 4 200
What impact did the Tet Offensive have on the American public?
Previously, the public had been told we were winning the war. Americans began to question much more than before whether the war effort could possibly be worth the lives and money at stake.
Category 4 300
What were some of the factors that contributed to a loss of public support for the war?
Category 4 300
What were some of the factors that contributed to a loss of public support for the war?
• The disclosure of the My Lai Massacre• The disclosure of Nixon’s secret bombing
campaign against Cambodia• The Tet Offensive
Category 4 400
What happened after the Paris Peace Accords ended official U.S. troop involvement?
Category 4 400
What happened after the Paris Peace Accords ended official U.S. troop involvement?
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong overtook South Vietnam
Category 4 500
Describe the postwar period for Veterans of the war.
Category 4 500
Describe the postwar period for Veterans of the war.
• Formed Veterans groups• Reunions• Visits to Vietnam• Some veterans prefer to avoid talking• about the war
