Review the lesson on the Vietnam War by answering the questions about it. Then, read "Trouble in the Middle East," and complete the outline on Student Page 156 that goes with that lesson.
1) Which country in Vietnam was communist and on which part of the island was it located?
2) What did an American official mean when he said that south Asian countries might be like a "row of dominoes"?
3) What were American "helpers" in Vietnam supposed to do?
4) What did President Dien do when the North Vietnamese began a guerilla war against the south?
5) What were the guerilla warriors called, in the south?
6) What two countries sent weapons and money to the communist Viet Cong?
7) What did Lyndon B. Johnson do in response?
8) How long did the United States fight in South Vietnam?
9) Name three other countries that sent soldiers to fight against the communists who were trying to take over South Vietnam.
10) What government agency keeps track of how many young men could be drafted?
11) How did Americans begin to feel about the Vietnam War?
12) Who became president after Lyndon Johnson?
13) What did this president do after he took office?
14) What did the treaty signed in 1973 say that American soldiers would do?
15) What would South Vietnam do?
16) What would North Vietnam do?
17) After the American soldiers left, what did the communist armies of North Vietnam do?
18) How many Vietnamese had died?
19) What happened to South Vietnamese who had opposed the communists?
20) Who were the "boat people"?
21) How many Americans fought in the Vietnam War?
22) How were soldiers coming back from Vietnam treated?
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