Vietnam Revision

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Vietnam Revision
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1941-63 Overview

• Explain French involvement in Indo-China from
  1941-54
• Why and how did the USA become involved in
  Vietnam between 1945 and 1963?
• 5 Minutes

3
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and why did
it accelerate US involvement in Vietnam?

• 4 minutes

4
What was Operation Rolling Thunder and was it
successful? Explain your answer

• 4 minutes

5
What were the main aspects of the NVA/Vietcongs
Guerrilla Warfare tactics?Why were they a
success?

• 4 minutes

6
How successful were the following US tactics in
combating guerrilla warfare?

• Agent Orange / Napalm
• Hearts and Minds
• Search and Destroy
• Strategic Hamlets
• Strategic Bombing
• 5 minutes

7
What happened in My Lai in 1968 and how did it
impact the war?

• 3 minutes

8
What was the Tet Offensive and what was its
military and political impact on the Vietnam War?

• 4 minutes

9
Explain why the protest movement grew in the USA
between 1968-74 using the following events as a
guide

• My Lai Massacre
• Tet Offensive
• The draft
• Kent State shootings
• The role of the media
• Fulbright hearings
• Student marches and university demonstrations
• 7 minutes

10
Explain why the US attacked Laos and Cambodia in
1970 and what effect they had

• 4 minutes

11
Why did the renewed bombing of North Vietnam
between 1970-72 not win the war for the USA?

• 3 minutes

12
What happened at the Paris Peace Conference in
1973?

• 3 minutes

13
Describe what happened in Saigon in 1975

• 3 minutes

14
Why did the USA agree to withdraw from Vietnam?
Explain using the following factors

• Economic pressures
• Vietnamization
• Popular protest
• Military failure
• International pressure
• The impact of the media
• Specific events (My Lai, Tet, Kent State)
• Role of leaders (Nixon, Kissinger)
• 10 minutes

15
Explain the role and importance of each of the
following

• Lyndon Johnson
• Richard Nixon
• Ho Chi Minh
• Henry Kissinger
• President Nguyen
• Le Duc Tho
• General Giap
• General Westmoreland
• 10 minutes