Vietnamization Test Questions – Flashcards

Under his precidency Vietnamization was put into place

Nixon secretly attacked here without the US people knowing

the policy of Richard Nixon during the Vietnam War to end U.S. involvement in the war and to expand and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role.

the 36 president of the US, left Nixon in a tough position in Vietnam war

Given on November 3, 1969. Explained goal of Vietnamization

Mixture of potent chemicals used by US military forces

National Security Advisor and Secretary of State during the Nixon Administration, he was responsible for negotiating an end to the Yom Kippur War as well as the Treaty of Paris that led to a ceasefire in Vietnam in 1973

Massacre of four college students by National Guardsmen on May 4, 1970, in Ohio. In response to Nixon's announcement that he had expanded the Vietnam War into Cambodia, college campuses across the country exploded in violence.

(1973)Law passed by Congress limiting the President's ability to wage war without Congressional approval. The act required the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing troops to a foreign conflict. An important consequence of the Vietnam War, this piece of legislation sought to reduce the President's unilateral authority in military matters.

(1974)Series of scandals that resulted in President Richard Nixon's resignation amid calls for his impeachment. The episode sprang from a failed burglary attempt at Democratic party headquarters in Washington's Watergate Hotel during the 1972 election.