Final Flashcards

1
Q

Khe sanh

A

City located near NV boarded,
battle

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2
Q

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
Q

Hugh Thompson

A

Helicopter driver during the My Lai massacre

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6
Q

Eugene Mcarthy

A

Opposed the war and challenged Nixon presidency

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7
Q

Daniel and Philip Berrigan

A

Catholic priest peace activists.
Burned draft cards

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8
Q

Counterinsurgency strategy

A

Pacification

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9
Q

October 1967 Madison protest

A

Protests in Madison that started civil and turned violent

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10
Q

Paris talks (official)

A

An agreement on ending the war

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11
Q

Secret negotiations in Paris

A

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
Q

Phoenix program

A

Was designed to identify and destroy viet cong via infiltration

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14
Q

Chieu Hoi program

A

Effective pacification efforts neutralizing 194000 VC

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15
Q

Chicago 1968

A

Refused permits for youth to protest in Chicago

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16
Q

Daniel Ellsberg

A

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

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17
Q

Pentagon papers

A

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
Q

Moratorium movement

A

A demonstration and teach in across the US against US involvement

26
Q

Silent majority

A

Nixons speech to America saying the protests make America look bad and speaking for the silent majority

27
Q

Cambodia invasion

A

Vietnam invaded Cambodia wiping out the revolution that killed 1/4 of Cambodians

28
Q

Kent state

A

The death 4 collage protesters by the national guard

29
Q

Hard hat riot

A

Hard hat workers attacking the collage protesters in New York

30
Q

Lam son 719

A

Southern Vietnam lead forces against Laos

31
Q

Ceasefire in place

A

Cease fire after the Paris talk

32
Q

Linebacker

A

US Air Force against the VC

33
Q

Line backer II

A

Christmas bombings, air bombings on the VC

34
Q

Watergate

A

Nixon was wire taping phones and stealing documents

35
Q

Duck hook

A

Air offensive, large escalation possible nukes

36
Q

Linkage diplomacy

A

A deal to persuade communists into leaving 3 world country’s alone and for concessions in nuclear fields

37
Q

Sino Soviet splits

A

The deterioration of china and Russia

38
Q

Macho pulp magazines

A

Men only magazine

39
Q

Khmer Rouge

A

Communist party in Cambodia

40
Q

Vietnam syndrome

A

The public aversion of the U.S. military’s involvement in the war