English 10 CP & H: Vietnam War Webquest

English 10 CP & H: Vietnam War Webquest

<p>Name:______Per:______Date:______English 10 CP & H: Vietnam War Webquest 1. Background of the Vietnam War:  How did Vietnam end up being split into two?  Why did the US get involved?  Who was Ho Chi Minh?  Who were the Vietcong? 2. Gulf of Tonkin  What was the Gulf of Tonkin resolution?  Why was it necessary (what had happened in the Gulf of Tonkin)? 3. Tet Offensive  What was the Tet offensive? 4. Guerilla Warfare  Describe Guerilla warfare making sure to give specific examples 5. “Trouble on the Home Front”  Why was support for the war declining? 6. 1960s Counterculture  What was the counter-culture, and how did it relate to Vietnam? 7. Anti-War Movement  What were the different ways that students protested the war effort? 8. Violence of the Anti-War Movement  Of the seven different examples listed, which 2 do you believe to be the worst? Why?</p><p>9. War and Media  What was the role of the media in the "living room war?" 10. Agent Orange  What is Agent Orange, and why is it called that?  What were/are its effects on the Vietnamese?  What were/are its effects on American soldiers? 11. Military Terms * BC – * Boonies – * Bought the farm – * Bouncing Betty - * Vietcong - * Cobra – * Dead Man’s Zone – * Dear John Letter- * DEROS – * In Country – * MASH – * MIA – * Million-dollar wound – * Point Man – * Dust off – * Five O’clock follies – * Freedom Bird * Friendly Fire – * Punji Stakes – * Teach-ins – * The World – * The Zoo * POW – * AWOL – * Crispy critter – * Tunnel rat - </p>

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