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FINAL JEOPARDY
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FINAL JEOPARDY
• What does “NVA” stand for
EXACTLY?
FINAL JEOPARDY
• What does “NVA” stand for
EXACTLY?
FINAL JEOPARDY
• What does “NVA” stand for
EXACTLY?
FINAL JEOPARDY
• What does “NVA” stand for
EXACTLY?
• North Vietnamese Army
Category 1 100
How was the United States involved in the
First Indochina War?
Category 1 100
How was the United States involved in the
First Indochina War?
The United States provided military
support to France
Category 1 200
What happened at Dien Bien Phu?
Category 1 200
What happened at Dien Bien Phu?
The Viet Minh defeated French forces,
leading to French withdrawal from
Vietnam
Category 1 300
What were the consequences of the
Geneva Accords?
Category 1 300
What were the consequences of the
Geneva Accords?
Vietnam was divided into two countries,
North Vietnam and South Vietnam
Category 1 400
What was the difference between the Viet
Cong and the North Vietnamese
government?
Category 1 400
What was the difference between the Viet
Cong and the North Vietnamese
government?
The Viet Cong were communist
revolutionaries in South Vietnam, while
the communist North Vietnamese
government controlled North Vietnam
Category 1 500
What was the desired result of the U.S.
containment policy?
Category 1 500
What was the desired result of the U.S.
containment policy?
To stop communism from spreading.
Category 2 100
What was the immediate impact of the
Gulf of Tonkin incident?
Category 2 100
What was the immediate impact of the
Gulf of Tonkin incident?
The United States passed a resolution
allowing the U.S. government to use
military force in southeast Asia
Category 2 200
What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
Category 2 200
What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
A series of supply routes from North
Vietnam to South Vietnam by way of
Laos and Cambodia
Category 2 300
How did the relationship between
American troops and South Vietnamese
villagers change over time?
Category 2 300
How did the relationship between
American troops and South Vietnamese
villagers change over time?
South Vietnamese villagers came to
distrust American troops
Category 2 400
Describe the role of American women in
the war.
Category 2 400
Describe the role of American women in
the war.
Translator
Physical Therapist
Intelligence officer
Category 2 500
What was the main purpose of Agent
Orange?
Category 2 500
What was the main purpose of Agent
Orange?
To strip the leaves off (defoliate) trees in
the jungle so as to better spot Viet Cong
Category 3 100
How were American P.O.W.s treated
following an attempt by two Americans
tried to escape?
Category 3 100
How were American P.O.W.s treated
following an attempt by two Americans
tried to escape?
After two prisoners of war failed in their
escape attempt, North Vietnam
increased its use of torture in prisons
Category 3 200
Describe the level of support the U.S.
received from its allies.
Category 3 200
Describe the level of support the U.S.
received from its allies.
The U.S. received little assistance from its
allies.
Category 3 300
Describe the groups that made up the
anti-war movement.
Category 3 300
Describe the groups that made up the
anti-war movement.
It consisted of people with a variety of
beliefs about war and reasons for
wanting the U.S. to withdraw from
Vietnam.
Category 3 400
Antiwar groups were most likely to have
previously been involved in which
movement?
Category 3 400
Antiwar groups were most likely to have
previously been involved in which
movement?
The Civil Rights Movement
Category 3 500
What were the reasons Martin Luther
King, Jr. opposed the Vietnam War?
Category 3 500
What were the reasons Martin Luther
King, Jr. opposed the Vietnam War?
Thought it was immoral
He felt that the war diverted too much
money from antipoverty programs in the
U.S.
Category 4 100
Was burning a draft card protected by
Freedom of Speech?
Category 4 100
Was burning a draft card protected by
Freedom of Speech?
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1968
that arrests made over burning draft
cards had not violated the First
Amendment right to free speech
Category 4 200
What impact did the Tet Offensive have
on the American public?
Category 4 200
What impact did the Tet Offensive have
on the American public?
Previously, the public had been told we
were winning the war. Americans began
to question much more than before
whether the war effort could possibly be
worth the lives and money at stake.
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What were some of the factors that
contributed to a loss of public support
for the war?
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What were some of the factors that
contributed to a loss of public support
for the war?
• The disclosure of the My Lai Massacre
• The disclosure of Nixon’s secret bombing
campaign against Cambodia
• The Tet Offensive
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What happened after the Paris
Peace Accords ended official
U.S. troop involvement?
Category 4 400
What happened after the Paris
Peace Accords ended official
U.S. troop involvement?
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong
overtook South Vietnam
Category 4 500
Describe the postwar period for Veterans
of the war.
Category 4 500
Describe the postwar period for Veterans
of the war.
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Formed Veterans groups
Reunions
Visits to Vietnam
Some veterans prefer to avoid talking
about the war