vietnam board 2007
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Review of people, places, and events for the Vietnam War test in American History.TRANSCRIPT
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Vietnam: The Board Game
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What was that called?
This was Nixon’s term for lessening the level of US involvement and
increasing the responsibility of the South Vietnamese
Vietnamization
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Question: the O’Doyle category
During World War II, what country ruled Vietnam?
Japan
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Picture this…
What/who are these monks protesting?
Diem
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Question: The O’Doyle Category
Who lost at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?
The French
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Question: Follow the Leader
Who might have said this?“I won over 100% of the popular vote
in my election?
Ngo Dihn Diem
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Question
Our side or their side?
Vietcong
Their side
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Question: Follow the Leader
“I quoted the Declaration of Independence hoping to gain US
support.”
Ho Chi Minh
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Question: Follow the Leader
“I subscribed to the Madman Theory…but they didn’t buy it.”
Richard Nixon
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Question: Follow the Leader
“I was the original President to side with South Vietnam; I gave them a
few bucks and 300 advisors.”
Harry S. Truman
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Question: Follow the Leader
“I love playing dominoes…heck, I’m going to develop a theory based on
dominoes.”
Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower
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Question: Follow the Leader
“As president I could not afford another Cold War defeat…so I increased our
‘advisors’ from 700 to 16,000.”
John F. Kennedy
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Follow the Leader
“I was the US president when Diem was assassinated.”
John F. Kennedy
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Follow the Leader
“People liked my leadership so much in Vietnam that they lit themselves on fire.”
Ngo Dinh Diem
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Question
Our side or their side?
National Liberation Front
Their side
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Follow the Leader
“I won the 1972 election.”
Richard Nixon
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Question
For over 1,000 years, what country ruled Vietnam?
China
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Birds
Hawk or Dove?
Martin Luther King
Dove
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Picture this…
In what year is this occurring? 1968, 1972, 1975?
1975
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Picture this
At what university did this occur?
Kent State
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Follow the Leader
“I sent in the Green Berets.”
John F. Kennedy
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Question
Our side or their side?
South Vietnam
Our side
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Where in the World?
Where the Pathet Lao lived
Laos
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Where in the World?
The USS Maddox was “attacked” here
The Gulf of Tonkin
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Question
Our side or their side?
ARVN
Our side
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By the numbers…
What is the significance of this number?
25%
The percentage of US soldiers who were drafted in the Vietnam
war
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Really or not really?
LBJ’s air war cost the US more than it cost the North Vietnamese
Really
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Really or not really?
A higher percentage of US soldiers were drafted in World War II than
were drafted in Vietnam.
Really
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Chicken or Egg?
Which event came first: Gulf of Tonkin Incident or My Lai Massacre
Gulf of Tonkin
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Picture this…
Why are these people running?
Napalm attack
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By the numbers…
What is the significance of this number?
19The average age of the US
soldier in Vietnam
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Question
Our side or their side?
Charlie
Their side
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Picture this….
During what event is this occurring?
Tet Offensive
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Follow the Leader
“I was the Commander of forces in Vietnam. I asked LBJ for 206,000
more troops in 1968.”
William Westmoreland
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Picture this…
What event just took place?
My Lai Massacre
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Question: Follow the Leader
“Congress granted me the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.”
LBJ
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Really or not really?
The highest levels of US troop involvement occurred during the
Richard Nixon presidency.
Not really
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Follow the Leader
“I won the 1968 election.”
Richard Nixon
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Question
Our side or their side?
Pathet Lao
Their side
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By the numbers
What is the significance of this number?
58,000The number of US soldiers killed in
action
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By the numbers
What is the significance of the following number?
2.6 million
The number of US soldiers who served in-country in Vietnam
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What’s the word?
This was the name of LBJ’s bombing campaign on the North…
Operation Rolling Thunder
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What was that called?
This conference established the 17th parallel as the dividing line between
North and South Vietnam
Geneva Conference
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What was that called?
This was the name of the attack by the North on the South once American troops had left…this brought about
the fall of Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Offensive
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Who are they?
This group’s mission was to “out guerilla the guerillas.”
Tiger Force
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What’s it called?
This was the supply line from the north to the south
Ho Chi Minh trail
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What was it called?
This was the North Vietnamese attack of over 100 cities and 12 military
bases
Tet Offensive
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Chicken or Egg?
Who came first: Johnson or Nixon?
Johnson
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Follow the Leader
“Vietnam was the cornerstone of the Free World in Southeast Asia.”
John F. Kennedy
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Chicken or Egg?
Who came first: Truman or Eisenhower?
Truman
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What’s the term?
The forced relocation of South Vietnamese peasants to prevent NLF
influence
Strategic Hamlet Program
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What’s the term?
This was William Westmoreland’s term for the number of dead Vietcong
Body Count
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Question
Our side or their side?
Ho Chi Minh
Their side
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Follow the Leader
“I worked to negotiate a truce with North Vietnam under the Nixon administration.”
Henry Kissinger
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Need a date?
Why does this date matter: March 5, 1965?
First combat troops deployed to Vietnam
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What was that called?
Daniel Ellsberg published this in 1971, which exposed that the government
was deliberately misleading the American public: The ___________
Papers
Pentagon
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Follow the Leader
“I widened the war by bombing Cambodia.”
Richard Nixon
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What was that called?
This was the name of the killings led by Lt. William Calley, which women,
children, and old men were the victims
My Lai Massacre
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What was that called?
This was the CIA-sponsored operative which killed over 20,000 Vietnamese, including suspected recruiters for the
NLF
Operation Phoenix
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Need a date?
What happened on January 27, 1973?
A cease fire occurred
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Need a date?
What happened on August 4, 1964?
The 2nd alleged attack on the USS Maddox