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core four: indochina war Flashcards

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South Vietnam..

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RVN: The Republic of Vietnam

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President of South Vietnam from 1954-1963

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Diem

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‘Revolving Door’ republic

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A term for the interchanging South after the death of Diem in 63…

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President of South Vietnam from 1967-1975

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Theiu

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4 presidents spread over the course of the Indochina topic?

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  • Eisenhower
  • JFK
  • LBJ
  • Nixon
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North Vietnam…

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DRV..: The Democratic republic of Vietnam

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President of North Vietnam 1945-1969

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Ho Chi Minh.. struggles with independence

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French defeat (First Indochina war)

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Defeated in the battle of Dien Bein Phu in 1954

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French Withdrawal

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1954 (after a loss at Dien Bein Phu)

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Geneva Conference..

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Occured in April 1954 [after First Indochina war]

  • North and South Vietnam are divided at the 17th parallel
  • ceasefire
  • elections (Vietnamese were able to vote freely to see if the South wanted unity with the North) ELECTIONS ARE POST-PONED
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Eisenhower’s involvement within Indochina?

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-‘Domino theory’ guided US involvement in aid to stop the spread of communism within Asia.

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JFK’s involvement in Indochina?

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  • determined to support South Vietnam

- In 1961 Kennedy escalates aid and advisors to RVN (south)

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LBJ involvement in

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-

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Nixon involvement

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-

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Who are the Viet Minh

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independance military group within the first indochina conflict against the French.

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‘Ho Chi Minh Trails’

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A series of trails through Cambodia and Laos which facilitated supplies into Sth Vietnam

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ARVN

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Army of the Republic of Vietnam (USA)

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VC

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Viet Cong “peasents by day, soldiers by night”

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NLF

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National Liberation Front

- a sth party anti-Diem

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Military leader of the VietMinh?

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Giap

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Countries that supported Vietnam against the French?

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Russia and China

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What is Imperialism

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the practice of increasing a nations power by acquiring colonies

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Gurrilla Warefare?

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A tatic employed mostly by the North VietCong and the VietMinh (in the first conflict) the actions of a hit-and-run

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The bamboo curtain>

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The possible block of Communist countries in Asia

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