Vietnam War - Page 2

Questions
  • Why did President Nixon sent US forces to Cambodia in 1970?
  • Which president initiated full diplomatic relations with Vietnam and lifted economic sanctions when apartheid ended in South Africa?
  • Who was the chief commanding officer during the Vietnam War?
  • What trusted American journalist called the Vietnam War "unwinnable" in 1968?
  • Why did Martin Luther King believe the Vietnam War was morally wrong?
  • Who attacked the U.S.S. Maddox on August 2, 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin?
  • Who was Lyndon Johnson's challenger in the 1964 presidential election?
  • Who did John F. Kennedy run against in the 1960 presidential election?
  • Why did the U.S support a military takeover of Diem's regime?
  • How many women served in the U.S. military in Vietnam?
  • How did Americans who opposed the draft avoid it?
  • Who was the first President to resign from office?
  • Why did President Eisenhower support the new anticommunist government of South Vietnam?
  • The most important reason why the USA withdrew from Vietnam was the Tet Offensive. How far do you agree?
  • What was part of President Nixon's plan of "peace with honor"?
  • Who was James McCord?
  • Why did Robert Kennedy believe it no longer made sense for the United States to seek a military victory in Vietnam?
  • What event allowed Lyndon Johnson to conduct the war in Vietnam?
  • How did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution expand presidential power?
  • How did Nixon and Kissinger reshape America's approach to foreign affairs?