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1
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What was the purpose of the wars in SEA?

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To fight against foreign domination

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2
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What tore apart French Indochina?

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Liberation after ww2

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What was the first part of the 30 year two part conflict in Indochina?

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War against french 1946-1954

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What was part two of the 30 year two part conflict in Indochina?

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Cold war 1955-1975

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5
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What happened to SEA in the 1800s?

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Conquered by the French

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What happened to Indochina during WW2?

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Overan by Japan

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How did Vietnam resist Japan rule?

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Local guerillas

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What does Guerillas mean?

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Small groups of loosely organized soldiers making surprise raids

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Who did the Guerillas turn their guns on and when?

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European Colonists when they got back from war

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10
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What had a heavy influence on Guerillas?

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Communist opposition to European colonist powers

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11
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After Japan defeated France what did they plan to do in Indochina and when?

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Establish their authority 1946

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12
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What did Ho Chi Minh face Vietnam with?

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Guerillas

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13
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Who was Ho Chi Minh?

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  • Nationalist and communist
  • Fought the French in the first Indochina was
  • Fought Japan
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14
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What battle allowed Vietnamese victory over French?

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Bloody battle of Dienbienphu in 1954

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What did the battle of dien force France to do?

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Leave vietnam

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16
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What two countries earned their independence shortly after Indochina?

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  • Cambodia
  • Laos
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17
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What did the Western and Communist powers decide at the international conference?

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To divide Vietnam

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18
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Minh led communists in what side of vietnam?

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North

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19
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Noncommunist we on what side?

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South ruled by Dinh Diem

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20
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What side of Vietnam did the US support?

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South

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21
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Why was an election supposed to be called in both N and S vietnam?

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To reunite both sides

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22
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Why were the elections never called?

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Because Diem and the US were afraid of comm takeover

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23
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Who did some SV citizens like better than the US?

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Minh

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24
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Where did many catholics and pro french vietnamese flee to?

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South Vietnam

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How did SV alienate many?
Corruption and brutal tactics against political opponents
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Who showed up in SV in the 1960s?
Communist guerillas - Many were SV but receives massive support from NV
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What did many see the 1960s guerilla as?
A nationalist struggle to liberate Vietnam from foreign domination
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What did american foreign party planners see the vietnam situation as?
Part of the CW
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What did the US develop after Viet was apart of the CW?
Domino theory
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What was the domino theory?
View that a communist victory in SV would cause non communist governments across SEA ti fall to communism
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Why did Ho keep assisting the Nationalist Liberation Front?
In hopes to reunite Viet
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What was the Nationalist Liberation front?
Vietnam congress/communist rebels trying to overthrow SV governments
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What did the US start sending to SV when the war started picking up?
Thousands of troops instead of just supplies
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What happened on august 1st 1964 (gulf of tonkin)
SV commanded raids on NV islands in the Gulf of Tonkin
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What happened the day after the gt raids?
NV attacked a US destroyer (Maddox) because NV thought the Maddox assisted in the raids
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What did President Johnson do after the Maddox attack?
Reported NV attacks leaving out the raids in the story
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What was passed after Johnson reported the attack?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (August 7th 1964)
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What was the GTR?
Allowed the president to take all necessary action to prevent attacks in SEA
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What did the US do after the GTR was passed?
Bombed targets in NV
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How many US troops committed to war after bombings?
500,000
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What were US men required to do during Viet era?
Register for war
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How were men selected to go to war?
Randomly
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How did some men avoid being drafted?
They fled the country
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How was SV rebels able to get away with guerilla warfare?
- They knew the land very well - They knew the locals - Locals offered them shelter in their villages
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What did SV rebels connection with the locals do?
Made villages targets
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What did NV do in 1968?
Attack SV and US cities during Tet
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What is Tet?
Vietnam new year
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What did the Tet offensive do?
Change the public's opinion on the US
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US soldiers became either?
- Prisoners of war - Missing in action
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What was the split in the US? (support wise of viet)
- Many supported viet - Many wanted to end support to end list of US causalties
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What did President Johnson want in the 1960s?
Massive war expansion
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What was president johnson talking about now?
Peace with paris and vietnam
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What did Nixon negotiate in January 1973?
Paris peace accord
54
What did the PPA establish?
Cease fire
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What was agreed upon in the PPA?
- US pulled troops out of Viet - NV stopped sending troops to SV - Allowed SV to determine their own future - Set goals for Viet reunification
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What happened 2 years after US took soldiers out of Viet?
NV conquered SV 1975
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What was the SV capital Saigon renamed?
Ho Chi Minh City in 1976
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What became the capital of Vietnam?
NV capital Hanoi
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What happened to Cambodia and Laos after SV was taken?
They were taken over by communist viet govs
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What countries remained Capitalist?
- French Indochina - Other SEA countries
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What did the US do in 1970?
Bombed NV supply routes in Cambodia and briefly took over Cambodia
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Who gained land in Cambodia after US left?
Khmer Rouge
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What was the Khmer rouge
Force of cambodian communist guerillas
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What did the KR do in 1975?
Overthrew cambodian government and unleashed a reign of terror
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Who led Khmer Rouge?
Pol Pot
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How did Pol Pot get rid of Western influence?
He made people in cities work on farms and fields
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What happened the 1/3 of the cambodian population?
They were starved, slaughtered, or worked to death
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What drove KR away?
Viet invasion
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What did Viet impose after forcing KR out?
Authorian government
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What did comm victors force on SV?
Harsh rule
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Who were boat people?
People who fled in groups on boat that often drowned
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What happened to the survivors of the boat people?
They ended up in refugees in other countries
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What did Vietnam have a slow recovery?
- Lack of resources - US embargo
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What does embargo mean?
Blockage of trade

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