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Indochina

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-name for peninsula, home to Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia

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Geneva Accords 1954

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-divided Vietnam by the 17th parallel
-Who: USA, NV, Soviets, France, Cambodia, Laos, England
-free elections had to determine fate of Vietnam but they never happen ( S Vietnam thought that the NV would not hold fair elections)

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Buddhism

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-belief that the human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment

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Agent Orange

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-herbicide defoliant dropped on jungle in Vietnam
-gave up there secret hiding place, killed crops, and causes health problems

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doves

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  • anti-war (wanted peace)
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Hawks

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-pro-war (wanted to fight)

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Election of 1964

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LBJ (D) .vs. Barry Goldwater (R)
-LBJ wins

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Election of 1968

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Nixon (R) .vs. Hubert Humphrey
-Nixon wins

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Vietminh

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-league of independence for Vietnam
-founded by Ho Chi Min
-resistance against French colonial rule

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Kent state

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-students protested about the Cambodian invasion
-4 student dies (Ohio song si written)

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Domino theory

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  • Eisenhower’s theory that if one country in Europe/Asia fell to communism, all country’s would fall
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Self-Immolation

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-when Buddhist set themselves on fire

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Saigon

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Capitol of South Vietnam

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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  • Leader of South Vietnam
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JFK

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-35th president
- assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
-served from 1961-1963 (D)
-Foreign Policy- Flexibke response (green berets)
-Domestic policy- New frontier

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Operation Rolling Thunder

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-Intense bombing of N Vietnam
1. Boost morale in Saigon
2. Destroy bridges, roads, factories etc in N Vietnam
3. Cease flow of men/material in S Vietnam
4. End goal of communist insurgence in S Vietnam

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credibility gap

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-lost of faith in LBJ administration

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silent majority

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-large group who were anti-war, but did not take any action and helped Nixon win the presidency

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George Kennan

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  • created Containment (keeping communism contained
    -later to be used by Harry Truman
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Paris Peace Talks

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-ended american involvement in Vietnam war
-Who: USA, Soviets, N. Vietnam, Vietcong
1. US would withdraw all forces from Vietnam within 60 days
2. All prisoners of war would be released
3. All military activity in Loas and Cambodia would end
4 17th parallel would continue to divide Vietnam until country was united
5. Vietnamzation

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Generation Gap

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-described the cultural differences between the baby boomers and their parents

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pentagon papers

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-top secret papers
-Leaked

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Dien Bien Phu

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-located in N. Vietnam
-battle was a decisive victory for Vietnamese that brought an end to France colonial rule in Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

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-leader of N. Vietnam
-communist

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Gulf of Tonkin

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-rumor that US destroyers were sunk by N. Vietnamese
-caused US to join Vietnam war

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Deferments

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-excused people like (layers, college kids, and medical issues) from draft

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Peace with honor

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Nixon foreign policy
-gradual withdrawal from Vietnam, war without looking cowardly/defeated
1. Reform selective service
2. Increase role of S. Vietnam
3. Expand bombing campaign (into neutral Cambodia)

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Ho Chi Minh Trail

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-supply route that passed from Laos and Cambodia
-allows Vietcong to gain strength by gaining troops and supplies from N.Vietnam

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My Lai massacre

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  • lieutenant William Calley and army killed at least 300 Vietnam civilians
    -in pinkville (small town) and shot them all
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LBJ

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  • VP of JFK
  • won the election for 1963 (D)
  • was in office 1963-1969 cause of assassination of JFL
  • Foreign Policy- flexible response
  • Domestic Policy- great society
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Hanoi

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Capitol of N. Vietnam

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Vietcong

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Communist in S. Vietnam

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Eisenhower

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  • 1953-1961 (R)
    Foreign policy- brinkmanship/ massive retaliation
    Domestic-modern Republicanism, conservation with $, liberal civil rights
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Napalm

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-unconventional weapon used in bobbing raids.
-were highly flammable jellied substances

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counterculture

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-movement that rejected traditional American values

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Tet offensive

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  • N. Vietnam surprised attacks on S. Vietnam on Vietnamese new years
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Henry Kissinger

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  • Nixons national Security advisor.
    -him and Le Duc Tho announced a ceasefire on Jan 1973 both won Nobel peace prize
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conscientious Objectors

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-claimed moral/religious beliefs prevented them from fighting

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Vietnmization

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  • called for S. Vietnam to take more active role in fighting N. Vietnam war
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Vietnam years

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1955-1975

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containment

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-keeping communism at bay
- created by George Keenan
- Harry Truman’s foreign policy

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W. Westmoreland

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commanded U.S. forces in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968

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