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21 Cards in this Set
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Where do the majority of Vietnam's 93 million people work? |
Agriculture |
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Who colonized Vietnam? |
The French |
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What religion is predominant? |
Buddhism |
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Key concept for understanding Vietnamese politics |
Nationalism |
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Ho Chin Minh |
Leader of the League for the Independence of Vietnam - proclaimed the countries independence - established Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
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First Indochina War |
Ho Chin Minh claimed Independence from France and that they wouldn't try and retake Vietnam - they tried and fought - Vietnam won |
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Geneva Conference of 1954 |
Vietnamese victory of First Indochina War led to this - agreements -providing for a temporary division of the countrybetween a communist-dominated north and a U.S.-supported south - called for national elections to establish a single administration |
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Republic of Vietnam |
President Diem pronounced himself as leader of the Republic of Vietnam - Capital is Saigon - Support of the United States |
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Diem |
President of South Vietnam - Repressive Rule |
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National Liberation Front (NLF) |
Political arm of the guerrilla insurgency - southern-based movement |
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Viet Cong (Vietnamese Communists) |
The military arm of the guerrilla insurgency - large number of northerners who moved to the south joined |
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The People's Revolutionary Party |
South Vietnam's communist party that was controlled by the north - dominated the NLF |
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U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War |
Supported the South - Bombed the North (1965) - Didn't want communism to spread to U.S. - American credibility was at stake if they did nothing |
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Vietnamization |
President Richard Nixon - the gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam |
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Paris Peace Accords |
North Vietnam - agreed to cease fire U.S. - stopped bombs and removed troops *North were able to keep their troops in place and the South couldn't withstand the pressure from the North |
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Agent Orange |
a toxic defoliant dropped from U.S. planes to clear forests for war |
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
Unified Vietnam under communist rule - Saigon renamed Ho Chin Minh City (b/c this was his dream for the country - economy deteriorated - Vietnamese (a lot) fled the country |
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Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) |
Nguyen Van Linh (General Secretary) - significant turn in political thinking towards economically pragmaticism and less ideologically conservatism |
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Doi Moi (Linh) |
Called for major economic and political changes with the previso that the party-led dictatorship of the proletariat remain sacrosanct |
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Politburo consists of? |
4 Parts: Reformers, neoconservatives, bureaucrats, and the military |
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People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) |
Largest in Southeast Asia and includes one of the worlds largest reserve forces - subordinate to CPV |
