<p>Name: ______Portfolio #: ______Fighting the War:</p><p>1. Explain the difficulties U.S. soldiers faced when dealing with the South Vietnamese civilians.</p><p>2. In the early stages of the war, how did many young soldiers feel about going to Vietnam?</p><p>3. Why did the Viet Cong avoid large-scale frontal confrontations with U.S. soldiers?</p><p>4. Explain the tunnel systems used by the Viet Cong</p><p>5. How did the Viet Cong Guerillas inflict U.S. casualties while going weeks without any confrontations?</p><p>6. Explain Fragmentation bombs.</p><p>7. What was saturation bombing?</p><p>8. What type of new “chemical weapons” did the U.S. use to expose Viet Cong guerillas hiding in the Jungles?</p><p>9. After LBJ won the election in 1964, what was his immediate policy toward Vietnam? 10. What was Ho Chi Minh Trail?</p><p>11. Who was commander of the U.S. armed forces in Vietnam?</p><p>12. Explain “Hawks” and “Doves”.</p><p>13. In 1965 there were 25,000 American troops in Vietnam, how many troops were in Vietnam by the end of 1968?</p><p>14. What were the strategic goals of North Vietnam when they launched the Tet Offensive in 1968?</p><p>15. The Viet Cong were eventually defeated in the Tet Offensive, why then was Tet a huge turning point in the War?</p><p>16. Describe the My Lai Massacre and how U.S. helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson stopped the U.S. massacre of Vietnamese civilians at the village of My Lai?</p>