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Chapter 29: The Vietnam War Flashcards

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French Indochina

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Vietnam, Loas, and Cambodia

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Vietmihn

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League for the Independence of Vietnam; fought the Japanese; created the national liberation front

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after WW2 the

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Vietminh declared independence, but France quickly moved in to claim Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

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growing nationalist movement in Vietnam; “He Who Enlightens”; joined the French communist party to get rid of the French; peasants liked because he took land from the rich; North Vietnam

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domino theory

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if one country falls to communism its neighbors will

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Eisenhower believed

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in the domino theory and sent supples to French forces in Vietnam

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Dien Bien Phu

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French soldiers made last stand; Eisenhower didn’t want to send US soldiers; French surrendered on May 7, 1954; French trapped on military base

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Geneva Conference

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peace agreement; Vietnam temporarily divided by 17th parallel; communist controlled North; French would withdraw from the country

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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South Vietnam; corrupt and brutal leadership; US supported; assassinated in 1963; killed buddhists

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national liberation fund

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South Vietnam and Vietminh formed; military force called Vietcong

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vietcong

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undercover North Vietnamese soldiers; assassinated South Vietnamese government officials

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military advisors

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sent to train South Vietnamese Army

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Tonkin Gulf Resolution

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Johnson needed authority of Congress; USS Mattox attacked by North Vietnam; Johnson said attack was unprovoked when Mattox had been a spying mission and fired first; passed on Aug 7

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operation rolling thunder

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bombing campaign over North Vietnam; military targets, army bases, airfields, bridges, roads, and railways targeted; main target was Ho Chi Minh trail; agent orange, napalm, and cluster bombs used

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agent orange

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defoliant that destroys vegetation

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napalm

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jellied gasoline used to create firebombs

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cluster bombs

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sprayed sharp metal fragments when exploded

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General William Westmorland

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commanded US ground troops in South Vietnam

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pacification

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US forces implemented to win the hearts and minds of South Vietnamese people

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the draft

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25% excused for health; 30% received determents; college students deterred; draft lottery began in 1960 and ended in 1973; 3% of eligible men escaped by refusing to register or leaving the US

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several women

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worked for the Red Cross

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Saigon

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capital of South Vietnam

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doves

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people who opposed the war

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Hawkes

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people who support the war’s goals

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tet offensive

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massive coordinated attacks in South Vietnam; NVA and Vietcong attacked 12 US military bases; began Jan 30,1968 at the start of tet; more than 100 cities across South Vietnam

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Robert McNamara

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seeked ways to end the war

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Sirhan Sirhan

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assassinated Robert Kennedy

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George Wallace

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independent; former Alabama governor

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Spiro Agnew

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Nixon chose as his running mate

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Henry Kissinger

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Nixon’s national security advisor

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Nixon started

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bombing Laos and Cambodia to disrupt the flow of supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trial

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campus violence

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Kent State (4 killed) and Jackson State

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weathermen

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created 5,000 bombs to protest the war

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My Lai massacre

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troops under Cally killed 450 people; Cally convicted of murder

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pentagon papers

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collection of secret government documents; traced the history of US; officials were misleading

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Daniel Elisberg

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leaked the pentagon papers

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26th amendment

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lowered the voting age form 21 to 18

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peace agreement

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January 1963; North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and US

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2 years after Saigon

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North Vietnamese troops invaded South Vietnam; 130,00 South Vietnamese evacuated

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