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48 Cards in this Set
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Domino Theory |
Started by Eisenhower; stated that if a country in a region fell to communism, so would surrounding countries |
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Dien Bien Phu |
the last battle in the French Indochina war which lead to the defeat of the French troops |
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Hawks |
supported the war in Vietnam |
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Doves |
supported peace in Vietnam |
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French Indochina |
French colony consisting of current day Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam |
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Ho Chi Minh |
leader of North Vietnam |
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Ngo Dinh Diem |
proclaimed himself leader of South Vietnam |
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Viet Cong |
guerilla communist rebels in South Vietnam |
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Attrition |
the slow wearing down of an army through expenditure of resources and soldiers |
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Coup |
a rebel group |
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Ho Chi Minh Trail |
supply route used to by North Vietnam to get supplies to Viet Cong |
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Offensive |
an agressive movement or attack |
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Sanction |
authoritative approval |
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Vietnamization |
handing the war back to South Vietnam, kept American air support |
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Agent Orange |
defoliant used by Us troops to clear out forest |
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Napalm |
jellied gasoline that burns violently |
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Guerilla Warfare |
small surprise attacks used by Viet Cong |
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People |
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Robert MacNamara |
Secretary of Defense that resigned |
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Henry Kissinger |
Nixon's Secretary of State responsible for much of the peace negotiations with the North |
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Thieu |
leader of South Vietnam ran away with all of his wealth leaving his people behind |
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Eisenhower |
1. first president in Vietnam 2. responsible for sending first amounts of resources 3. Domino theory impacted following president's decisions on vietnam |
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JFK |
1. increased involvement 2. no troops sent only advisors, should fight for themselves 3. sent more resources and money |
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LBJ |
1. sent 500000 troops 2. two million dollars a day 3. dropped bombs and chemicals |
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Richard Nixon |
1. Vietnamization 2. bombed and attacked Cambodia and Laos 3. attempts for peace |
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Important Events |
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Geneva Accords |
ended French Indochina war, divided along 17th parallel in 1954 |
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Paris Peace Accords |
1973, stated all American soldiers would leave Vietnam, S. Vietnam keeps independence, North would be allowed 100 troops in the south |
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Operation Rolling Thunder |
bombing of Vietnam which lasted for 3.5 years |
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Two Riots during Vietnam |
1. Kent State University, Ohio 2. National Democratic Convention, Chicago |
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Tet Offensive: |
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Who: |
Viet Minh Viet Cong American Troops S+N Vietnamese troops |
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What: |
NVA assault of every military outpost in South Vietnam, including the US embassy-first televised combat |
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When: |
January 30,1968 lasted a few days |
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Where: |
South Vietnam |
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Why: |
to weaken S troops |
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Outcome of Vietnam War: |
End of American involvement was at the Paris Peace accords
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When was Vietnam's physical end to the war? |
1975- N broke promise made in Paris and invaded S. Vietnam took Saigon. Reunited to the socialist republic of Vietna, |
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Official Name of the South: |
South Republic of Vietnam |
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Official Name of the North: |
Democratic Republic of North Vietnam |
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Anti-war Movement: |
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What: |
started after Tet Offensive, riots started breaking out, became militant, height at 1968 riots against Vietnam War |
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Why: |
college students in the middle age generation were against war and wanted it over after tet |
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General Westmoreland |
general and commander of American forces in Vietnam; believed with more troops the war could be won |
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Name two other countries that sent troops against communism. |
New Zealand Thailand Australia |
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My Lai |
American troops attacked My Lai shooting point blank, seniors, men, women,children, and infants-347 in 1968. My Lai shattered all of America's disillusionment in the war and turned many against it |
