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20 Cards in this Set
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Le Loi
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Vietnamese military leader who used guerrilla warfare to defeat the Chinese invaders
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Ho Chi Minh
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"He Who Enlightens", a world wanderer and man of many names
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Vietminh
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the League for the Independence of Vietnam
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Domino Theory
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You knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is a certainty that it will go over very quickly
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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A former government official under the French
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Robert S. McNamara
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advised President Johnson that he would have to increase the U.S> military commitment to South Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory
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Tonkin Gulf REsolution
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Gave the president authority to take "All necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States"
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Escalation
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buildup
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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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Defoliants
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CHemicals that strip the land ofvegetation
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Search-and-Destroy Missions
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Attempted to drive the Vietcong from the hideouts
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Pacification
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Program to provide security in rural areas
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Doves
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people who opposed the war
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Hawks
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People who supported he war's goals
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Students for a Democratic Society
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attracted a broad range of people
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J. William Fulbright
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head of the Foreign Relations committee
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Tet Offensive
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expected it to bring down South Vietnam's government as the people rallied behind their "liberators"
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William Westmoreland
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the commander of U.S. forces in VIetnam
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Eugene McCarthy
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a critic of the war, challenged Johnson for the Democratic Presidential Election
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