T3 US History Test

communist guerilla fighters in the S. Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh’s organization; aided by Soviet Union and China; use guerilla warfare to remove French occupation

gasoline-based bomb that set fire to the jungle

uprooting civilians with suspected ties to the Viet Cong; killing their livestock & burning crops

US withdrew troops; left responsibility on government of S. Vietnam

N. Vietnamese fired at an American destroyer; Pres. Johnson took “all necessary measures” to protect U.S. people

nationalist, communist, and educated leader; determined to win independence from French occupation

S. Vietnamese leader with U.S. military support; executed via military coup (aided by the CIA)

Hanoi (center of N. communist government) & Ho Chi Minh Trail bombed; U.S. ground troops defend S. Vietnam’s air bases

organized attack by N. Vietnam and Viet Cong against US military sites in S. Vietnam; led to public distrust of U.S. government’s power

American platoon massacred unarmed S. Vietnamese civilians; Most of the victims were old men, women, and children

Eisenhower; if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Asia would fall too

American “Doves” wanted U.S. to leave Vietnam

lowered voting age to 18; to match conscription/drafting age

originally aimed to protect capitalism / democracy over communism

wants to end U.S. involvement

Saigon fell to communists

Geneva Accords, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Tet Offensive, Paris Peace Accords

allowed Congress to check the power of the president and his ability to commit to war with another country

strategy; increase involvement until we win (more troops)

protested US in Cambodia; National Guardsmen and police killed four protesters

public suspicion between what LBJ said and the reality of the war

being in university; being disabled

N. Vietnamese sent supplies S. through a complex jungle trail

Great Britain; France; U.S.A.

revealed US planned involvement in Vietnam since 1950's

Nixon promised that through Vietnamization…

African-American youths shouldn't fight for a country (the U.S.) that treated them unfairly

mostly middle-class youths; disillusioned with U.S. injustices; subculture rejecting mainstream conformity, materialism, and consumerism

movement started at Berkeley to promote 1st Amendment rights

the New Left (radical liberalism/socialist movement); protested Vietnam War

formed by Betty Friedan; fought for ERA

prohibits discrimination based on sex in public schools

legalized immigration of Mexican farm laborers

Native American activist group

requires accessibility for physically handicapped in public buildings

legalized abortion in 1st trimester; overturned 2022

STOP ERA leader

formed the United Farm Workers

Latin American group to help Hispanics with assimilation issues

wrote "The Feminine Mystique"

belief that women are equal to men socially, politically, and intellectually