People

John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Robert McNamara
General Westmoreland
William Calley, junior
Richard M. Nixon
George Wallace
Pol Pot
Henry Kissinger
Neil Armstrong
Leonid Brezhnev
Daniel Ellsburg
Bob Woodward
Carl Bernstein
Spiro Agnew
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
The Shah of Iran
Ronald Reagan

Events

Operation Rolling Thunder
The Tet Offensive
The My Lai Massacre
Election of 1968
The Kent State Massacre
Invasion of Cambodia
Oil Embargo
Apollo Moon Landing
Nixon goes to China
SALT
Watergate
Nixon’s resignation
The Nixon Pardon
The Bicentennial
Carter’s Amnesty
Invasion of Afghanistan
Iran hostage crisis

Things and Concepts

Indochina
The Viet Minh
The Viet Cong
Dien Bien Phu
The Geneva Accords
The 17th Parallel
Hannoi
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City
Khe San
Hue
Ho Chi Minh Trail
NVA
ARVN
Advisors
The Truman Doctrine
Containment
The Domino Theory
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Napalm
Agent Orange
Fragmentation bombs
Punji sticks
Saturation bombing
B-52s
XXVI (Twenty-Sixth) Amendment
The Generation Gap
The New Left
The Silent Majority
Hardhats
Draft evasion
Paris peace talks
Nixon’s secret plan
Vietnamization
OPEC
The Southern Strategy
Realpolitik
Détente
Civil Rights Act
The enemies list
Wiretaps
The plumbers
Nixon’s audiotapes
WIN
The War Powers Act
The draft and draft dodgers
Deregulation
Camp David Accords
The Energy Crisis
Affirmative Action

Possible Essay Topics

*How did the United States become involved in Vietnam?
*Why did the United States lose the war in Vietnam?
*Describe weapons and tactics used in the Vietnam War.
*What was the Tet Offensive and why was it so important?
*What happened in Vietnam after the United States removed their forces?
*What led Nixon to break the law so often?
*Why did Nixon resign?
*Should the United States have fought in Vietnam?

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