American Promise: Chapter 29 Flashcards

369523693	President Johnson's early policies in Vietnam were	a logical extension of his predecessor's policies.	0
369523694	President Kennedy's concern over Communist expansion prompted him to	expand U. S. counterinsurgency forces.	1
369523695	The U.S. strategy of gradually intensified bombing of North Vietnam was called	Operation Rolling Thunder.	2
369523696	The critical turning point in the Vietnam War came for President Johnson with the	Tet Offensive.	3
369523697	One obstacle to the stabilization of South Vietnam was the presence of the Vietcong, insurgents whose initiative came from	within.	4
369523698	In November 1963, the premier of South Vietnam and the head of the country's secret police were executed, and the reins of government were assumed by	South Vietnamese military leaders.	5
369523699	To defeat the Vietcong in North Vietnam, General Westmoreland designed a strategy of	attrition.	6
369523700	In March 1968, U.S. troops killed more than 400 Vietnamese civilians at	My Lai.	7
369523701	With regard to U.S. military strategy in the Vietnam War, President Johnson began a shift in 1968 toward	Vietnamization of the war.	8
369523702	The predictions of four American presidents that the fall of Vietnam to communism would lead to the communization of all of Southeast Asia	proved to be false, as only a few countries in Southeast Asia became Communist.	9