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36 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 was a world wanderer, and the man who led the Vietnamese fight for the independence.
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Vietminh
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The resistence movement that was led by Ho Chi Minh.
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domino theory
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Theory that stated that if one country fell communism many would soon follow, southeast Asia in this case.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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Former govt. official under the french, was going to be the leader of South Vietnam.
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Vietcong
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Rebel force that were communist Vietnamese.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Secretary of Defense for President Johnson, said he would increase 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 use all necessary force to repel an armed attack against the U.S.
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escalation
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The buildup of U.S. military forces in Vietnam.
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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President Johnson's bombing campaign against military forces in the North.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Network of jungle paths used by the North.
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defoliant
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chemicals that strip the land of vegetation.
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search and destroy missions
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Missions by the U.S. forces to drive the Vietcong from their hideouts.
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Pacification
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When security forces were not enough they moved the residents to secure locations and then burned the villages.
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doves
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people who opposed the war in Vietnam.
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hawk
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People who supported the war's goals in Vietnam.
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Student for a Democratic Society
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One of the groups who led the antiwar movement.
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J. William Fulbright
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He was a dove, a senator from Arkansas. criticized President Johnson's policies.
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Tet Offensive
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It was an offensive took by the North, it was a failure and ended with 40,000 of their soldiers dead.
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William Westmoreland
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The commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, called the Tet offensive as a vietcong defeat.
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EugeneMcCarthy
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A senator from Minnesota that challenged Johnson for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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He was a New York senator, ran for the democratic nomination but was killed before he could be chose.
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Richard J. Daley
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Mayor of Chicago who cleared out protestors, protesting against the war.
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Richard Nixon
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The republican candidate for President, won a very close election.
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George Wallace
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Ran as candidate for the newly formed American Independent Party.
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Henry Kissinger
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He was Nixon's key foreign-policy adviser. He was a German who fled the country to escape the Nazi.
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Vietnamization
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Plan to turn over the fighting to the South Vietnamese while slowly pulling out U.S. troops.
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Le Duc Tho
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Longtime revolutionary who lived in North Vietnam. He met with Henry Kissinger.
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Kent State Shootings
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National guard killed four students who were protesting the war on campus.
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Pentagon Papers
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Documents that revealed that the govt. had frequently misled the American people about the course of war.
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George McGovern
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Democratic nominee who opposed the war and ran for the 1972 election.
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26th Amendment
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Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
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Le Ly Hayslip
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Was a Vietnam refuge who fled the country to the U.S.
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War Powers Act
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Reaffirmed Congress's constitutional right to declare war by setting a 60-day limit on the presidential commit of U.S. troops to foreign conflicts.
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Maya Ying Lin
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A Chinese American who created the design of the Vietnam Memorial.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Made in Washington, D.C. to help heal the wounds of the Vietnam War.
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