chapter 24 section 4 Flashcards
in the late 1800s
French colonize Vietnam
Viet Minh was
communist guerrilla fighters
Ho Chi Minh was the leader of
Viet Minh
Where did the French suffer a major defeat
Dien Bien Phu
after Dien Bien Phu the French agree to
peace talks
Geneva Accords
End of the war between Vietnam and France
17th parallel
Divided north and South Vietnam
Chinese and Soviets occupy
north vietnam
the president of South Vietnam (non communist)
Ngo Dinh Dhem
by late 1950s
the vietmense are united
Viet Cong is a _______ group
communist
Viet Cong’s goal
reunite Vietnam
Domino Theory
one falls, others begin to fall
U.S. president during vietnam involvement
Lyndnn Johnson
US gov’t in Vietnam
direct involvement
South Vietnamese capital
Saigon
Tet offensive
north Vietnamese attack
Saigon
Saigon _____ after north Vietnamese attack
falls
the paris peace accords
ended U.S involvement in Vietnam
in 1976 Vietnam is
reunited
the capital of Vietnam today
Hanoi
boat people
people that escaped by boat from Vietnam