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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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3
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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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7
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How did Vietnam resist Japan rule?

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Local guerillas

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8
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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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9
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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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15
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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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25
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How did SV alienate many?

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Corruption and brutal tactics against political opponents

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26
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Who showed up in SV in the 1960s?

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Communist guerillas
- Many were SV but receives massive support from NV

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27
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What did many see the 1960s guerilla as?

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A nationalist struggle to liberate Vietnam from foreign domination

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28
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What did american foreign party planners see the vietnam situation as?

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Part of the CW

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29
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What did the US develop after Viet was apart of the CW?

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Domino theory

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30
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What was the domino theory?

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View that a communist victory in SV would cause non communist governments across SEA ti fall to communism

31
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Why did Ho keep assisting the Nationalist Liberation Front?

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In hopes to reunite Viet

32
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What was the Nationalist Liberation front?

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Vietnam congress/communist rebels trying to overthrow SV governments

33
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What did the US start sending to SV when the war started picking up?

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Thousands of troops instead of just supplies

34
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What happened on august 1st 1964 (gulf of tonkin)

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SV commanded raids on NV islands in the Gulf of Tonkin

35
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What happened the day after the gt raids?

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NV attacked a US destroyer (Maddox) because NV thought the Maddox assisted in the raids

36
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What did President Johnson do after the Maddox attack?

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Reported NV attacks leaving out the raids in the story

37
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What was passed after Johnson reported the attack?

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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (August 7th 1964)

38
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What was the GTR?

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Allowed the president to take all necessary action to prevent attacks in SEA

39
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What did the US do after the GTR was passed?

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Bombed targets in NV

40
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How many US troops committed to war after bombings?

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500,000

41
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What were US men required to do during Viet era?

A

Register for war

42
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How were men selected to go to war?

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Randomly

43
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How did some men avoid being drafted?

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They fled the country

44
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How was SV rebels able to get away with guerilla warfare?

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  • They knew the land very well
  • They knew the locals
  • Locals offered them shelter in their villages
45
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What did SV rebels connection with the locals do?

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Made villages targets

46
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What did NV do in 1968?

A

Attack SV and US cities during Tet

47
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What is Tet?

A

Vietnam new year

48
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What did the Tet offensive do?

A

Change the public’s opinion on the US

49
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US soldiers became either?

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  • Prisoners of war
  • Missing in action
50
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What was the split in the US? (support wise of viet)

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  • Many supported viet
  • Many wanted to end support to end list of US causalties
51
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What did President Johnson want in the 1960s?

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Massive war expansion

52
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What was president johnson talking about now?

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Peace with paris and vietnam

53
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What did Nixon negotiate in January 1973?

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Paris peace accord

54
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What did the PPA establish?

A

Cease fire

55
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What was agreed upon in the PPA?

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  • US pulled troops out of Viet
  • NV stopped sending troops to SV
  • Allowed SV to determine their own future
  • Set goals for Viet reunification
56
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What happened 2 years after US took soldiers out of Viet?

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NV conquered SV 1975

57
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What was the SV capital Saigon renamed?

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Ho Chi Minh City in 1976

58
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What became the capital of Vietnam?

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NV capital Hanoi

59
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What happened to Cambodia and Laos after SV was taken?

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They were taken over by communist viet govs

60
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What countries remained Capitalist?

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  • French Indochina
  • Other SEA countries
61
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What did the US do in 1970?

A

Bombed NV supply routes in Cambodia and briefly took over Cambodia

62
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Who gained land in Cambodia after US left?

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Khmer Rouge

63
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What was the Khmer rouge

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Force of cambodian communist guerillas

64
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What did the KR do in 1975?

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Overthrew cambodian government and unleashed a reign of terror

65
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Who led Khmer Rouge?

A

Pol Pot

66
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How did Pol Pot get rid of Western influence?

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He made people in cities work on farms and fields

67
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What happened the 1/3 of the cambodian population?

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They were starved, slaughtered, or worked to death

68
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What drove KR away?

A

Viet invasion

69
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What did Viet impose after forcing KR out?

A

Authorian government

70
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What did comm victors force on SV?

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Harsh rule

71
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Who were boat people?

A

People who fled in groups on boat that often drowned

72
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What happened to the survivors of the boat people?

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They ended up in refugees in other countries

73
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What did Vietnam have a slow recovery?

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  • Lack of resources
  • US embargo
74
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What does embargo mean?

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Blockage of trade

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