Vietnam: The Board Game

What was that called?

This was Nixon’s term for lessening the level of US involvement and increasing the

responsibility of the South Vietnamese

Vietnamization

Question: the O’Doyle category

During World War II, what country ruled Vietnam?

Japan

Picture this…

What/who are these monks protesting?

Diem

Question: The O’Doyle Category

Who lost at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?

The French

Question

Our side or their side?

Vietcong

Their side

Question: Follow the Leader

“I was the North Vietnamese leader who sought US support at the end of World War II.”

Ho Chi Minh

Question: Follow the Leader

“I subscribed to the Madman Theory…but they didn’t buy it.”

Richard Nixon

Question: Follow the Leader

“I love playing dominoes…heck, I’m going to develop a theory based on dominoes.”

Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower

Question: Follow the Leader

“As president I could not afford another Cold War defeat…so I increased our ‘advisors’

from 700 to 16,000.”

John F. Kennedy

Follow the Leader

“I was the US president when Diem was assassinated.”

John F. Kennedy

Question

Our side or their side?

National Liberation Front

Their side

Follow the Leader

“I won the 1972 election.”

Richard Nixon

Question

For over 1,000 years, what country ruled Vietnam?

China

Picture this…

In what year is this occurring? 1968, 1972, 1975?

1975

Picture this

At what university did this occur?

Kent State

Where in the World?

The USS Maddox was “attacked” here

The Gulf of Tonkin

By the numbers…

What is the significance of this number?

25%

The percentage of US soldiers who were drafted in the Vietnam war

Really or not really?

A higher percentage of US soldiers were drafted in World War II than were drafted in Vietnam.

Really

Chicken or Egg?

Which event came first: Gulf of Tonkin Incident or My Lai Massacre

Gulf of Tonkin

By the numbers…

What is the significance of this number?

19

The average age of the US soldier in Vietnam

Question

Our side or their side?

Charlie

Their side

Question

I shot Bobby Kennedy; who am I?

Sirhan Sirhan

Question

Where was Martin Luther King shot? (City and State)

Memphis, Tennessee

Question

I was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1968; who am I?

Hubert Humphrey

Picture this….

During what event is this occurring?

Tet Offensive

Picture this…

What event just took place?

My Lai Massacre

Question: Follow the Leader

“Congress granted me the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.”

LBJ

Really or not really?

The highest levels of US troop involvement occurred during the Richard Nixon presidency.

Not really

Follow the Leader

“I won the 1968 election.”

Richard Nixon

By the numbers

What is the significance of this number?

58,000

The number of US soldiers killed in action

What’s the word?

This was the name of LBJ’s bombing campaign on the North…

Operation Rolling Thunder

What was that called?

This was the name of the attack by the North on the South once American troops had left…this

brought about the fall of Saigon

Ho Chi Minh Offensive

What’s it called?

This was the supply line from the north to the south

Ho Chi Minh trail

What was it called?

This was the North Vietnamese attack of over 100 cities and 12 military bases

Tet Offensive

Chicken or Egg?

Who came first: Johnson or Nixon?

Johnson

Chicken or Egg?

Who came first: Truman or Eisenhower?

Truman

What was that called?

This was the name of Nixon’s bombing raids on Cambodia and North Vietnam.

Operation Linebacker I and II

What’s the term?

This was William Westmoreland’s term for the number of dead Vietcong

Body Count

Follow the Leader

“I worked to negotiate a truce with North Vietnam under the Nixon administration.”

Henry Kissinger

What was that called?

Daniel Ellsberg published this in 1971, which exposed that the government was deliberately

misleading the American public: The ___________ Papers

Pentagon

Follow the Leader

“I widened the war by bombing Cambodia.”

Richard Nixon

What was that called?

When the My Lai Massacre was revealed, Lt. ________ _________ was put on trial for the

ordering the slaughter of the villagers.

William Calley

Need a date?

What happened on January 27, 1973?

A cease fire occurred/Paris Peace Accords

Need a date?

What happened on August 4, 1964?

The 2nd alleged attack on the USS Maddox