Chapter 22 Questions

  1. Define the Domino Theory.
  2. What was the main goal of Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh?
  3. What was the outcome of the battle at Dien Bien Phu?
  4. Who were the “Vietcong” and what were their goals?
  5. What was the “Ho Chi Minh Trail”?
  6. Describe the “Strategic Hamlet Program”. How did it affect the popularity of Ngo Dinh Diem?
  7. How did the Tonkin Gulf Resolution impact U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
  8. Describe Operation Rolling Thunder.
  9. Who were Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, and William Westmoreland?
  10. How did the United States use Agent Orange and Napalm?
  11. What were the Fulbright hearings? How did they affect the “Credibility Gap”?
  12. What was the difference between a “Dove” and a “Hawk”?
  13. Describe the Tet offensive.
  14. How did the Tet offensive affect President Johnson’s decision to not run for re-election in 1968?  
  15. Who were the “silent majority” that Richard Nixon sought support from?
  16. Describe the My Lai massacre. Why did it shock the nation?
  17. Why did Congress repeal the Tonkin Gulf Resolution on December 31st, 1970?
  18. How did the American public react to the publication of the Pentagon Papers?
  19. Who was Henry Kissinger and what demand did he drop that led to the statement “Peace is at Hand”?
  20. What are the two main provisions in the War Powers Act?