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18 Cards in this Set
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Le Loi
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Was a Vietnamese military leader.
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Ho Chi Minh
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Was a world wanderer and man of many names.
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Vietminh
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A resistance movement called the League for the Independence of Vietnam.
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Domino theory
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A Cold War belief that if one nation in Southeast Asia fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would also fall.
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Ngo Din Diem
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A former government official under the French.
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Vietcong
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National Liberation Front; communist guerrilla force that began fighting against Ngo Dinh Diem's government in South Vietnam in the 1050's.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Was the Secretary of Defense in 1963.
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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Congressional measure that gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to wage war in Vietnam.
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Escalation
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A build up of U.S. military forces in Vietnam.
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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A bombing campaign against military targets in the North.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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A network of jungle paths.
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Vietminh
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A league for the Independence of Vietnam.
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Domino theory
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Cold War belief that if one nation in Southeast Asia fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would also fall.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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A former government official under the French.
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Vietcong
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National Liberation Front.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Was Secretary of Defense in 1963.
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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Congressional measure that gave Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to wage war in Vietnam.
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Escalation
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's policy of building up U.S. Military forces in the Vietnam War.
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