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Date Chinese rule of Vietnam
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111BC-1789
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Date French rule of Vietnam
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1883-1954
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Date Japanese rule of Vietnam and what did they do when they left?
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1940 -1945, declared Vietnam independent.
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domino theory
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Belief that if one country fell to communism, neigbouring countries would likewise fall.
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Geneva Accords
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A 1954 international conference in which Vietnam was divided into two nations.
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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1964 congressional resolution authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam.
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Name an date the conference, it’s results.
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Geneva Agreement, 1954, 17th Parallel, Elections in 1956.
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Name and date the battle in which France lost control of Indo China.
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Dien Bien Phu 1954.
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Name and date the new communist ruler of China.
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Mao Zedong, 1949.
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Name and date the South Vietnam opposition group.
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1960 National Liberation Front.
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Name and date the two movements set up by Ho Chi Minh.
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1924 Indo Chinese Communist Party and 1941 Vietminh.
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National Liberation Front
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Political arm of the Viet Cong.
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Tet Offensive
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1968 attack by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces throughout South Vietnam.
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Viet Cong
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Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam.
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Vietminh
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Common name for the League for Independence of Vietnam.
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Vietnamization
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President Nixon's policy of replacing American military forces with those of South Vietnam.
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silent majority
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Term used by President Nixon to describe Americans who opposed the counterculture.
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What did Ho Chi Minh do in September 1945?
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Announce the Independent Republic of Vietnam.
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Which U.S president stated which 1956 theory concerning communism and South East Asia
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Eisenhower, Domino Theory, 1956.
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Who was the South Vietnam leader how badly did he rig the elections?
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Ngo Dinh Diem. Out of 450,000 people in Saigon, 605,000 voted Diem.
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