Unit 10 Vietnam EXAM REVIEW 2024 Study Guide Latest
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NURS 611
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NURS 611
Unit 10 Vietnam EXAM REVIEW 2024 Study Guide (Latest 2024 / 2025 )
Containment
1960s
Entry to Vietnam
Geneva Accords
Gulf of Tonkin
Credibility Gap
Counterculture
Protests
Americanization
Vietnamization
Tet Offensive
Tinker v Des Moines
Woodstock
Domino Theory
President Nixon
Africa...
Unit 10 Vietnam EXAM REVIEW 2024 Study
Guide (Latest )
1). Containment
Ans: US policy to stop expansion of Soviet Union and Communism and the domino
effect of countries in Southeast Asia falling to communism.
2). 1960s
Ans: Vietnam War, civil rights in US, lunar landing, hippies
3). Entry to vietnam
Ans: Reasons for US Entry in Vietnam : contain communism and prevent the domino
theory from taking over Southeast Asia
4). Geneva accords
Ans: In the 1950s, divided North and South Vietnam. This an important first event in the
Vietnam war chronology. Both North and South were supposed to hold free elections. The
US feared that communist officials would win the elections in the South
5). Gulf of tonkin
Ans: After US ships claimed to be attacked, the President asked for a Resolution that
increased the president (executive branch) power to send troops to Vietnam bypassing
Congress's power to declare war. The president got a "Blank Check" to escalate the war
for President Johnson.
6). Credibility gap
Ans: The news media influenced public opinion by stating the war was not going well.
LBJ claimed the US was winning creating a "credibility gap" as Americans lost faith in
government.
7). Counterculture
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, Ans: A culture with lifestyles, clothing and values opposed to those of the established
culture. Hippies of the 1960s often chose to live in communes and avoid materialistic
jobs.
8). Protests
Ans: people protest the Vietnam war by marching and non-violent protest. Young men
protested by burning their draft cards and some groups held "teach-ins" to spread anti-war
ideas. .
9). Americanization
Ans: The increase or escalation of U.S. troops and presence in Vietnam after Gulf
Tonkin Resolution in 1965
10). Vietnamization
Ans: President Nixon's effort after 1968 to increase South Vietnam's involvement in the
war. This was done by equipping, training and strengthening South Vietnam forces to
reduce US combat forces in Vietnam.
11). Tet offensive
Ans: In 1967, the US claimed the communists were close to defeat. In early 1968, the
communists launched aggressive surprise attacks against the US. It was a military defeat
for the communists. The American public began to question our involvement in the war
and believed that it was not winnable. Also, the US lost trust in South Vietnam
12). Tinker v des moines
Ans: Symbolic speech (arm bands) at school anti-war protests were allowed (1st
Amendment). Supreme Court checked the power of local schools to limit speech.
13). Woodstock
Ans: Music festival that popularized mucisians like Jimi Hendrix. Love & peace were
emphasized. Hippies were attracted to Woodstock - they opposed the war, lived in
communes, experimented with drugs and did not have traditional jobs.
14). Domino theory
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