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Ch 22 Sections 2-5 Flashcards

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The Vietminh fought this country during WWII

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Japan

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Paths through Laos and Cambodia used by the Vietcong and NVA

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Ho Chi Minh trail

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The French were forced out of Vietnam after this battle

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Dien bien phu

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After the U.S.S. Maddox was attacked Congress passed this resolution

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Golf of Tonkin resolution

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French Indochina was made up of these three countries

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Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam

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Sec. of Defense under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations

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Robert McNamara

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Commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam

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William westmoreland

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U.S. and allied soldiers who infiltrated VC tunnels

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Tunnel rats

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This was a leaf killing chemical used by the U.S.

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Agent orange

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Growing distrust of what the government and administration was saying about the war in Vietnam

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Credibility gap

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Name one way that people were able to get a deferment

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College, medical, national guard, coast guard

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What does SDS stand for?

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Students for a Democratic Society

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Those who are for the war

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Hawks

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13
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Where did many “draft dodgers” flee to?

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Canada

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The draft is/was also known as…

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The selective service system

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What is the holiday of Tet?

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Vietnamese new year

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Who won the Tet Offensive?

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US, South Vietnam

Seen as a domestic defeat though

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This man killed Robert Kennedy

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Sirhan sirhan

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Who was the Republican nominee for President in 1968

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Richard m. Nixon

19
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This man ran for president on the American Independent Party ticket

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George Wallace

20
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S. Vietnam forces taking more active role in the fighting

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Vietnamization

21
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How many Americans died in Vietnam

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58,000

22
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Moderate mainstream Americans who silently support the war and policies

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Silent majority

23
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This operation relocated 3300 Vietnamese children

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Operation Baby Lift

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President must provide Congress with 48 hours notice to commit troops to combat

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War powers act

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•Give me the specific date when the last American troops left Vietnam

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March 29, 1973

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Impact of the Vietnam war

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26th amendment - 18 yrs old to vote, not 21
Nixon Abolished the draft
War powers act
Americans suspicious of govt giving misleading info & consider risks before intervening in the affairs of other nations
Veterans seen as baby killers
Pow/Mia issue lingered

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Conditions of Peace with Honor

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US remove all troops
North vietnam could leave troops in SV
Provision for POW & MIA

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President microns escalation of vietnam war in Cambodia and Laos

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Most massive US bombing commences
Bombed NV so they would talk peace
Doves thought it may have prompted reaction from China and SU

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Who release the pentagon papers?

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Daniel Ellsberg

30
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Pentagon papers

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Leaked document to the press revealing that the U.S. gov lied about its intentions of Vietnam
We stayed in the war so we didn’t look bad, no plan to pull out US troops.

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Why did the U.S. choose to enter the Vietnam war

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Wanted to contain communism

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1968 events that made the U.S. look bad

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My Lai
Tet Offensive
Anti-war demonstrators converged on the city of Chicago to protest at the democratic national convention
(Mlk and bobby Kennedy were assassinated)

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Why was the Tet offensive considered a domestic defeat?

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US won by numbers (body count) but domestically, we were defeated.
It greatly shook the American public which had been told repeatedly and had come to believe that the enemy was close to defeat (Cred. Gap widened extremely)

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The draft & impact on the poor and minorities

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Working class war, many blacks -> caused racial tension 
Only the financially well off could avoid the draft 
Racism led to low morale

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