The Vietnam War, 1954-1975 | Lesson 1: Going to War in Vietnam

U.S. History

Name: Guided Reading Chapter 17 (part 1)

The Vietnam War, 1954-1975 | Lesson 1: Going to War in Vietnam

DIRECTIONS: Locate each heading below in your textbook. Then use the information under the correct heading and subheading to help you write each answer.

I. American Involvement in Vietnam

1. Who was Ho Chi Minh?

2. Why did the United States aid the French?

3. What made Truman authorize aid to the French?

4. What was the Geneva Accord?

II. American Involvement Deepens

5. How were strategic hamlets and Kennedy's addition of thousands of U.S. military personnel to South Vietnam similar?

6. What happened when Diem was overthrown?

7. What power did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution give to Johnson?

8. What encouraged Johnson to send aircraft to bomb North Vietnam? III. A Bloody Stalemate

9. What tactics used by the Vietcong made fighting difficult for U.S. troops?

10. What was "search and destroy"?

11. How did Johnson's limits make the war effort more difficult?

Summary and Reflection 12. Why did the United States become involved in a war that was difficult for it to win?

The Vietnam War, 1954-1975 | Lesson 2: Vietnam Divides the Nation

DIRECTIONS: Read the lesson and complete the outline below. Refer to your textbook to fill in the blanks. When a question has more than one blank, separate each answer with a comma and a space. (Example: guided, activity)

I. The Antiwar Movement Emerges

1. As the Vietnam War dragged on, _____________ waned because many believed that ________________________ was not telling the truth about the war.

2. Many Americans believed a ________________ existed because of inconsistencies between _______________ and what the administration said about the war.

3. Students and teachers at universities held _______________ to explain why they opposed the war, while many protesters focused on what they thought was an unfair ___________. Most of the soldiers were _______________ youths.

4. As the war went on, many young men burned their ______________ while an estimated 500,000 _______________.

5. Many soldiers argued that if they were old enough to fight, they were old enough to _______. The _________________ gave 18-year-olds the ___________________.

6. By 1968, the nation was divided into two camps: hawks, who ______________ and doves, who ___________________.

II. 1968: The Pivotal Year

7. Guerrilla fighters launched a massive attack on most ____________________ and South Vietnam's _____________. This attack, called the ____________ , was repelled. Americans, however, were stunned that an enemy nearly defeated could ____________.

8. On March 21, 1968, Johnson stunned the nation with the announcement that __________________________________.

9. Two assassinations rocked the nation: __________________ and __________________, who appeared to be in the lead for the ______________ nomination for president.

10. In the presidential election of 1968, Republican candidate _______________ won because he promised to _________ the United States and restore _________________ to the country.

Summary and Reflection 11. How did the Vietnam War divide the nation?

U.S. History

Name: Guided Reading Chapter 17 (part 2)

The Vietnam War, 1954-1975 | Lesson 3: The War Winds Down

DIRECTIONS: Read each main idea. Use your textbook to supply the details that support or explain each main idea. When a question has more than one blank, separate each answer with a comma and a space. (Example: guided, activity).

A. Main Idea: As Nixon moved to end the war, antiwar protests occurred on some American college campuses and many Americans had grown tired of the war.

1. Detail: Nixon appointed _______________ to use diplomacy to end the war. He began secret negotiations with Le Duc Tho of ______________.

2. Detail: Nixon began to reduce the number of _______________ in Vietnam while the South Vietnamese took over more of the fighting, a process called _______________.

3. Detail: Nixon announced in April 1970 that U.S. troops had invaded ________________ to destroy __________________ . This set off __________ on many college campuses.

4. Detail: By 1971, an increasing number of Americans wanted the war to _____________. To force North Vietnam to resume negotiations, Nixon ordered the _________________. The warring sides signed an agreement to end the war on ______________.

5. Detail: Two years after U.S. troops pulled out, the ____________________ collapsed and the ____________________ invaded South Vietnam. They captured ___________, the capital, and renamed it ________________.

B. Main Idea: The United States paid a heavy price for the Vietnam War, and many Americans felt the nation's leaders had misled them.

6. Detail: It was hard for many Vietnam veterans to readjust to civilian life because many considered the war _________. The war remained ______________ for families with relatives who were __________________ or ______________.

7. Detail: In 1982, the nation dedicated the __________________ in Washington, D.C. It contained the names of soldiers ________________ or _______________ in the war.

Summary and Reflection 8. Why did the attitude of Americans change concerning the Vietnam War?

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