Final Flashcards

1
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Khe sanh

A

City located near NV boarded,
battle

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2
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Tet 1968

A

Turning point in the war
Weakend US public support

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3
Q

My lai

A

Massacre
US war crime

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4
Q

Ron Ridenour

A

Helped the investigation of the My Lai massacre

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5
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Hugh Thompson

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Helicopter driver during the My Lai massacre

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6
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Eugene Mcarthy

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Opposed the war and challenged Nixon presidency

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7
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Daniel and Philip Berrigan

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Catholic priest peace activists.
Burned draft cards

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8
Q

Counterinsurgency strategy

A

Pacification

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9
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October 1967 Madison protest

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Protests in Madison that started civil and turned violent

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10
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Paris talks (official)

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An agreement on ending the war

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11
Q

Secret negotiations in Paris

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Was only America and north Vietnam

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12
Q

Creighton abrams

A

MACV commander
US army general

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13
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Phoenix program

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Was designed to identify and destroy viet cong via infiltration

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14
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Chieu Hoi program

A

Effective pacification efforts neutralizing 194000 VC

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15
Q

Chicago 1968

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Refused permits for youth to protest in Chicago

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16
Q

Daniel Ellsberg

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Leaked pentagon papers to the public out of moral duty at the end of the war

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17
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Pentagon papers

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Secret documents of military actions and the people involved

18
Q

Madman strategy

A

Nixon is so unstable that no one would fight America

19
Q

Operation menu

A

Air bombing campaign in Cambodia

20
Q

Henery Kissinger

A

Noxious right hand man
Nixonger

21
Q

Le Duc Tho

A

VC politician that negotiated the cease fire with Kissinger

22
Q

Radford affair

A

Stolen classified documents from national security

23
Q

Discipline problems in U.S. military

A

There was none

24
Q

Vietnamization

A

Nixons ideas to lessen americas involvement by training SV to defend themselves

25
Moratorium movement
A demonstration and teach in across the US against US involvement
26
Silent majority
Nixons speech to America saying the protests make America look bad and speaking for the silent majority
27
Cambodia invasion
Vietnam invaded Cambodia wiping out the revolution that killed 1/4 of Cambodians
28
Kent state
The death 4 collage protesters by the national guard
29
Hard hat riot
Hard hat workers attacking the collage protesters in New York
30
Lam son 719
Southern Vietnam lead forces against Laos
31
Ceasefire in place
Cease fire after the Paris talk
32
Linebacker
US Air Force against the VC
33
Line backer II
Christmas bombings, air bombings on the VC
34
Watergate
Nixon was wire taping phones and stealing documents
35
Duck hook
Air offensive, large escalation possible nukes
36
Linkage diplomacy
A deal to persuade communists into leaving 3 world country’s alone and for concessions in nuclear fields
37
Sino Soviet splits
The deterioration of china and Russia
38
Macho pulp magazines
Men only magazine
39
Khmer Rouge
Communist party in Cambodia
40
Vietnam syndrome
The public aversion of the U.S. military’s involvement in the war