Review Part 1 Flashcards
Vietcong
South Vietnamese communists
Vietnam war
1954-1975
1968
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther king jr.
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
Authorized the president to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the U.S. “
Pentagon papers
Report that showed federal government had not been honest
Vietnamization
Process of gradual withdrawal of the US troops
Tet offensive
Series of surprise and massive attacks by the north Vietnamese
Credibility gap
Difference between government and media reports
Ho Chi Minh trail
Network of jungle paths to send arms to the south
Vietminh
Vietnamese nationalist group
Missile crisis
Air support promised by president kennedy that never arrived
Cold War years
1946-1990
Bay of pigs
Almost caused ww2
President Johnson
Took over after Kennedy’s assassination
The concept behind the long telegram was the idea of:
Containment
The ————— traveled into the south by bus to test compliance with laws outlawing segregation in the interstate bus service
Freedom riders
The ___________, commonly known as the black Muslims, was led by Elijah Muhammad
Nations of Islam
The militant African American group called the _____________________ believed that a revolution was necessary in the United States to gain equal rights
Black panthers
From the late 1800s until world war 2 , France ruled Vietnam and neighboring Laos and Cambodia, a region known collectively as _________________
Indochina
The massive surprise attack in 1968 during _______________, the Vietnamese new year, became a turning point in the Vietnam war
Tet offensive
______________ was the gradual withdraw, of troops from Vietnam
Vietnamization
The American general responsible for creating a credibility gap in Vietnam was general _________________
West Moreland
What was the sole and only purpose behind the Selma march?
A peaceful protest for voting rights
Did the Selma March serve its purpose?
Yes; people got voting rights
How did the Selma March serve it’s original purpose?
They gained their rights by peacefully protesting with no violence
Was the American policy of containment successful during the Cold War era?
NO: because through the process of containment, even more countries became communist
