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Harry Truman (1945-1953)
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Gave aid to the French.
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Eisenhower
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Paid 75% of the bill as french fought vietminh. Gave 700 advisors to South VIetnam. Placed anti-communist diem into power
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Kennedy
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Increased advisors in south vietnam to 16,000. He no longer supported Diem.
He was assasinated |
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Johnson
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Increased aid in South Vietnam. President when the Gulf of Tokin happened.
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Nixon
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He pulled US troops out of Vietnam through Vietnamization. Tried to use the Madman Theory
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Domino Theory
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If Vietnam goes communist, South East Asia will follow
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Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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French was defeated in this battle (1954)
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Geneva Conference
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It was headed by Great Britian and the USSR. It said that Vietnam would temporarily be split at the 17th parallel. US rejected.
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Ho chi Minh
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"He who enlightens"
Leader of Vietminh |
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Vietcong
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NLF
Rebel group communist |
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Gulf of Tonkin
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2 US ships were attacked
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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This allowed the president to use any force necessary to repel any enemy aggression
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Robert MacNamara
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Johnson's defence decretary
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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This was under Johnson
We bombed military installations throughout north vietnam and into Laos and the Ho Chi Minh Trail |
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Pacification
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Clear out and destroy villaged, detain residents in order to get enemy
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Tet Offensive
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Massice North Vietnam attacks on all of South Vietnam's major cities. Also on the US embassy in Saigon.
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How was the Tet Offenceive a victory and a defeat?
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Militarily it was a victory.
It hurt confidence in USE |
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Walter Cronkite
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Highly influencial News Reporter who questioned US policy in Vietnam
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William Westmorland
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Head of the US military operations in Vietnam from 1964-1968.
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Hawks and Doves
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Pro-war, anti war
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Henry Kissinger
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National Security advisor and secretary of state under nixon
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Vietnamization
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Gradully turn over fighting to vietnam
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Madman theory
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convince enemy that nixon will use nukes so they will bargain
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Pentagon Paper
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Top secret government report on mistakes made in vietnam
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My Lai Massacre
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US commander convicted of ordering massacre of 100 civilians in South Vietnamese villages all over the country
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Kent State shootingq
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four student demonstrators killed, four wounded by troops at a college protest
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War Powers Act
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It repealed the Tonking Gulf REsolution restricting the president's ability to aommit troops in a foriegn engagement to sixty days
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Le Duc Tho
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North vietnamese peace negogiator
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National Libiterian Front NLF
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Vietcong South Vietnamese rebels
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Army of the REpublic of Vietnam ARVN
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South Vietnam armed forces
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How many people were killed (US) in vietnam
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58,000
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What was the cost of the war?
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150 000 000 000 000
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January 31, 1968
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The Tet Offensive date
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November 15, 1968
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Date: 250 000 ppl gathered for anti war protest in washington dc
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January 27 1975
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US/n vietnam cease fire agreements
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April 30, 1975
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War ends
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January 27 1973 CORRECT
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US and NORTH VIETNAM sign cease fire agreements
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September 2, 1945
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Vietnam war begins
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1945
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French defeated at Dien Bien Phu
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June 16, 1963
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Buddhist Monk sets himself on fire in Saigon
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Aug 2 1964
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Beginning of atage 3
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Aug 4, 1664
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Gulf of Tonkin Attack
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Reasons why war was unpopular in US
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The draft was evil, the pentagon papers cause distrust, ppl didn't like that there was no money for social programs
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Reasons why we lost the war
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Limited war-not aggressive enough, guerrilla warfare-home feild advantage could not recognize the enemy, lack of support at home, lack of reason for fighting, ineffective south vietnamese leadership
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