The Vietnam War Years - Chapter 30 Flashcards

To understand the military and political events of the Vietnam War in Southeast Asia and its impact on life in the United States.

1
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Leader of North Vietnam

A

Ho Chi Minh

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2
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Communist group led by Ho Chi Minh

A

Vietminh

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3
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Eisenhower’s explanation for stopping communism

A

Domino theory

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4
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Major French outpost captured by the Vietminh

A

Dien Bien Phu

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5
Q

Peace agreement that split Vietnam in two

A

Geneva Accords

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6
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Leader of South Vietnam

A

Ngo Dinh Diem

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7
Q

Communist rebel group in South Vietnam

A

Vietcong

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8
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Network of paths running between North and South Vietnam

A

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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9
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Resolution that allowed President Johnson to fight in Vietnam

A

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

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10
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Secretary of defense under Johnson

A

Robert McNamara

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11
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Secretary of state under Johnson

A

Dean Rusk

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12
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Commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam

A

William Westmoreland

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13
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The South Vietnamese military forces

A

Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)

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14
Q

Gasoline-based explosive

A

Napalm

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15
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Chemical that destroyed jungle land

A

Agent Orange

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16
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Tactic in which U.S. troops destroyed Vietnamese villages

A

Search-and-destroy mission

17
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Situation in which the U.S. public no linger believed the Johnson administration

A

Credibility gap

18
Q

System for calling people to military service

A

Draft

19
Q

Name given to the youth movement of the 1960s

A

New Left

20
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Prominent group of the New Left

A

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

21
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New Left group that attacked business and government

A

Free Speech Movement

22
Q

American individual who called for America to withdraw from Vietnam

A

Dove

23
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American individual who supported the war effort

A

Hawk

24
Q

Series of Vietcong attacks during the 1968 Tet holiday

A

Tet offensive

25
Q

A Lyndon Johnson adviser who became his secretary of defense

A

Clark Clifford

26
Q

A Democratic candidate for president in 1968

A

Robert Kennedy

27
Q

A Democratic presidential candidate who ran on antiwar platform

A

Eugene McCarthy

28
Q

The 1968 Democratic nominee for president

A

Hubert Humphrey

29
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A third-party candidate in the 1968 presidential election

A

George Wallace

30
Q

President of the United States, elected 1968

A

Richard Nixon

31
Q

Nixon adviser who helped negotiate an end to the war

A

Henry Kissinger

32
Q

President Nixon’s plan for ending America’s involvement in the war

A

Vietnamization

33
Q

Those mainstream Americans who supported Nixon’s policies

A

Silent majority

34
Q

Site of massacre of Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers

A

My Lai

35
Q

Site of protest where National guard Killed four students

A

Kent State University

36
Q

Government documents that showed the government had no real plan for leaving Vietnam

A

Pentagon Papers

37
Q

Act that forbids the president from mobilizing troops without Congressional approval

A

War Powers Act