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36 Cards in this Set

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Domino theory
Idea that knocking down one country will lead to another's defeat, and another's.
Le Loi
Vietnamese military leader that used guerilla warfare to defeat Chinese invaders.
Ho Chi Minh
A world wanderer, name meaning "He Who Enlightens".
Vietminh
Vietnam in Vietnamese.
Ngo Dinh Diem
Former govt. official under the French.
Vietcong
Members of the NLF rebel force.
Escalation
Bulidup of u.s. military forces in Vietnam
Defoliants
Chemicals that strip the land of of vegetation.
Search-and-destroy missions
Attempted to drive the Vietcong from their hideouts.
Pacification
When residents were moved to secure locations and the villages were burned.
Doves
People who opposed the war.
Hawks
People that supported the wars causes
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of Defense who had advised Pres. Johnson that he would have to increase the US military commitment to South Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory.
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Gave president the authority to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the US.
Operation Rolling Thunder
A bombing campaign against the military targets in the North.
Ho Chi Minh Trail
A network with jungle paths
Students for a Democratic Society
Protest against war
J. William Fulbright
Dove who sharply criticized the Johnson admin policies as too extreme.
Tet Offensive
Were expected to bring down SV's govt., but ended up being let down.
William Westmoreland
Commander of the US forces in Vietnam.
Eugene McCarthy
Senator of Minnesota, a critic of the warm chalked Johnson for the a democratic presidential nomination.
Robert F. Kennedy
Senator of New York
Richard J. Daley
Ordered helmeted police to clear out the protesters.
Richard Nixon
Dominated the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida
George Wallace
Alabama governer ran as candidate of the newly formed American Independent Party
Henry Kissinger
Nixon's key foreign policy adviser.
Vietnamization
Involved turning over the fighting to the South Vietnamese while gradually pulling out U.S troops.
Le Duc Tho
Longtime revolutionary of North Vietnam.
Kent State shootings
Shocked the nations.
Pentagon Papers
George McGovern
Twenty-sixth Amendment
Le Ly Hayslip
War Powers Act
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Maya Ying Lin