American History 9 (Phelps) Name ______Period ______
Chapter 22 Reading Guide
Section 22.1 Pgs. 730-735 Due: ______
1. What group did Ho Chi Min help create in 1940? ______
What was his goal for Vietnam? ______
2. What was the U.S.’s involvement in the fight between the French and the Vietminh? ______
3. Domino Theory: ______
4. The plan of the Geneva Accords sounds a lot like what other country..? ______
5. The Ho Chi Min Trail went through what two countries? ______What group did this allow the North Vietnamese to support? ______
6. Identify 2 problems that made Ngo Dinh Diem’s government unpopular with his people:
a. ______
b. ______
7. What event(s) early in Johnson’s presidency led to us ramping up the military conflict in Vietnam? ______
8. What was the secret about the U.S.S. Maddox that Johnson did not tell us? ______
Section 22.2 Pgs. 736-741 Due: ______
9. Why was Johnson’s move to put troops on the ground in Vietnam in 1965 seen as a contradiction? ______
10. Gen. Westmoreland asked for ______throughout Vietnam War
11. Describe three tactics/resources that the Vietcong used to fight the American forces
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
12. Why did Gen. Westmoreland’s “war of attrition” fail to work against the Vietcong? ______
13. What tactics/ “tools” did the U.S. use that made it more difficult to win over the “hearts and minds” of the Vietnamese people: ______
14. Search-and-Destroy missions: ______
15. What did many American soldiers turn to when morale dropped? ______
16. What was the Johnson Administration’s “credibility gap” on the Vietnam War? ______
Section 22.3 Pgs. 742-747 Due: ______
17. What was one of the most common ways for young men to avoid the draft? ______
18. Why did MLK Jr. see African Americans serving in Vietnam as ironic? ______
19. What did the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) say was ruining America and what did they call for? ______
20. Four reasons many young people opposed the war:
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
21. What incident happened at the Pentagon on Oct. 1967? ______
22. Who left Johnson’s team in Nov. 1967? ______
Section 22.4 Pgs. 748-753 Due: ______
23. How did the Vietcong pull off the surprise attack on the Tet holiday in Jan. 1968? ______
24. Even though we stopped the Tet Offensive & killed more of their soldiers, why was this event seen as a psychological failure? ______
25. How did the Tet Offensive impact Johnson’s popularity? ______
26. What two major announcements came out of Johnson’s March 31, 1968 televised speech:
a. ______
b. ______
27. Robert Kennedy was killed just after what achievement? ______
28. Identify two reasons protestors appeared at the 1968 Democratic Convention:
a. ______
b. ______
29. As police attacked some protestors at the Dem Convention, what did the protestors chant? ______
30. What two promises did Nixon make on the 1968 campaign trail that helped him win?
a. ______
b. ______
Section 22.5 (PART 1) Pgs. 754-757 Due: ______
31. Vietnamization: ______
32. National Security Advisor Kissinger and Nixon wanted “Peace with ______”
33. Nixon ordered bombing to start where? ______
34. What happened in My Lai in March of 1968? ______
35. National Guard troops killed protesting students at what two colleges in May 1970? ______
36. The leaked “Pentagon Papers” confirmed many American’s belief that ______
Section 22.5 (PART 2) Pgs. 758-761 Due: ______
37. How effective was our bombing campaign of 1972? ______
38. After claiming “peace is at hand” before the 1972 election, what did Nixon call for around Christmas? ______
39. When did the last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam? ______
40. Total U.S. Killed ______Wounded ______
41. Total Vietnamese deaths were over ______
42. Describe how many veterans were treated by the public when they returned home. ______
43. What happened to Vietnam and Cambodia after we left? ______
44. The War Powers Act was designed to take some military decision-making power away from whom? ______