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20 Cards in this Set
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The countries which comprise Indochina are _______, _______, and _______.
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Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
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What was significant about the battle of Diem Bien Phu?
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U.S. got involved in the war, France defeated by Vietnam.
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The leader in S. Vietnam who was backed by the U.S.
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Diem
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The ___________ is the name given to the surprise attacks on major cities, towns, American military bases, and the American Embassy.
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Tet Offensive
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What is the signifcance of the Tet Offensive's name?
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Vietnamese New Year
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__________ was the first American President to send Americans to Vietnam to serve as military advisors.
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Eisenhower
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What was President Kennedy's goal in Vietnam?
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containment
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Name, in order, the presidents who followed JFK and who were involved in the Vietnam conflict in some way.
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Johnson, Nixon, Ford
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__________ was a battle which proved that the communist sympathizers could launch a massive offensive attack.
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Khe Sanh
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______, ________, and _______ are considered the architects of the war in Vietnam.
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Dean Rusk, Robert McNamar, and McGeorge Bundy
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belief that if Vietnam fell to communism, so too would the other nations of Southeast Asia
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Domino Theory
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chemical that strips leaves from trees and shrubs, turning farmland and forests into wasteland
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Agent Orange
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sustained bombing campaign against N. Vietnam by the U.S.
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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a guerilla army organized by Ho Chi Minh to reunify the nation
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Vietcong
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reestablished some limits on executive power
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War Powers Act
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the most destructive air raids of the entire Vietnam War
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Christmas bombings
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a plan calling for the gradual withdrawal of American tropps and for the S. Vietnamese army to assume more of the fighting
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Vietnamization
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American commander in S. Vietnam
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Westmoreland
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Communist leader who organized a guerilla army to fight to reunify Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh
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former Defense Dept. worker who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
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Daniel Ellsburg
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