Vietnam Flashcards
Ho Chi Minh
Communist leader of North Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Corrupt Pres. of South Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
Pres. of the US, assassinated in 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pres. of US, escalated the number of troops
William Westmoreland
Commanding US General for much of the war
The ___ were defeated in 1954 at the battle of Dien Bien Phu
French
The ___ Accords officially split North and South Vietnam
Geneva
____ monks protested against the South Vietnamese government’s violations of the freedom of religion.
Buddhist
The US fought against the North Vietnamese and the ___ in the South.
Veitcong
Which of these authorized Pres. Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia?
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
A jellylike and highly flammable substance used in bombing runs was called
Napalm
On Vietnamese New Year in 1968, the Vietcong launched
The Tet Offensive
Who won the election of 1968?
Richard Nixon
The Woodstock Music festival had over ____ people in attendance
500,000
At ___ State University, four student protestors were shot and killed by the National Gaurd.
Kent
