This document provides a study guide for the Vietnam War, listing over 20 important terms and ideas related to the war and posing 4 guiding questions. It includes terms around key military operations, political figures and events, tactics used, and social impacts. The guiding questions focus on the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam, challenges faced in defeating North Vietnam, tactics employed during the war, and growing unpopularity of the war at home.
This document provides a study guide for the Vietnam War, listing over 20 important terms and ideas related to the war and posing 4 guiding questions. It includes terms around key military operations, political figures and events, tactics used, and social impacts. The guiding questions focus on the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam, challenges faced in defeating North Vietnam, tactics employed during the war, and growing unpopularity of the war at home.
This document provides a study guide for the Vietnam War, listing over 20 important terms and ideas related to the war and posing 4 guiding questions. It includes terms around key military operations, political figures and events, tactics used, and social impacts. The guiding questions focus on the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam, challenges faced in defeating North Vietnam, tactics employed during the war, and growing unpopularity of the war at home.
French Colonialism in Southeast Asia Napalm Agent Orange Viet Minh Vietcong Domino Theory Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Tet Offensive Kent State Massacre Fall of Saigon Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh Trail Counterculture (Hippies) The New Left Vietnamization Richard Nixon Robert Kennedy Assassination Communes Credibility Gap My Lai Massacre Search & Destroy missions Vietnam War Military Draft
Guiding Questions
Why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam?
Why did the U.S. struggle to defeat North Vietnam despite having military superiority? What kind of tactics were used in the Vietnam War by both sides? How did the war become so unpopular at home?