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Name:________________________________________Per:_________Date:__ ______________ English 10 CP & H: Vietnam War Webquest 1. Background of the Vietnam War: How did Vietnam end up being split into two? Why did the US get involved? Who was Ho Chi Minh? Who were the Vietcong? 2. Gulf of Tonkin What was the Gulf of Tonkin resolution? Why was it necessary (what had happened in the Gulf of Tonkin)? 3. Tet Offensive What was the Tet offensive? 4. Guerilla Warfare Describe Guerilla warfare making sure to give specific examples 5. “Trouble on the Home Front” Why was support for the war declining? 6. 1960s Counterculture What was the counter-culture, and how did it relate to Vietnam? 7. Anti-War Movement

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English 10 CP & H: Vietnam War Webquest

1. Background of the Vietnam War:

How did Vietnam end up being split into two? Why did the US get involved? Who was Ho Chi Minh? Who were the Vietcong?

2. Gulf of Tonkin

What was the Gulf of Tonkin resolution?

Why was it necessary (what had happened in the Gulf of Tonkin)?

3. Tet Offensive

What was the Tet offensive?

4. Guerilla Warfare

Describe Guerilla warfare making sure to give specific examples

5. “Trouble on the Home Front”

Why was support for the war declining?

6. 1960s Counterculture

What was the counter-culture, and how did it relate to Vietnam?

7. Anti-War Movement

What were the different ways that students protested the war effort?

8. Violence of the Anti-War Movement

Of the seven different examples listed, which 2 do you believe to be the worst? Why?

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9. War and Media

What was the role of the media in the "living room war?"

10. Agent Orange

What is Agent Orange, and why is it called that? What were/are its effects on the Vietnamese? What were/are its effects on American soldiers?

11. Military Terms

• BC – • Boonies – • Bought the farm – • Bouncing Betty - • Vietcong - • Cobra – • Dead Man’s Zone – • Dear John Letter- • DEROS –• In Country – • MASH – • MIA – • Million-dollar wound –• Point Man – • Dust off – • Five O’clock follies – • Freedom Bird• Friendly Fire – • Punji Stakes – • Teach-ins – • The World – • The Zoo• POW – • AWOL – • Crispy critter – • Tunnel rat -