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When and why did france take over vietnam?

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late 1800s
To use its resources for profit.

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Was french rule in vietnam popular or not?
Why?

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Unpopular
They placed heavy taxes on vietnamese people.
Those who couldn’t pay lost their houses and land.
The french began exporting rice out of vietnam.
Many vietnamese were not paid enough to buy rice for theirselves.
Vietnamese peasants lived in terrible conditions and suffered from malaria , dysentry and malnutrition.

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Who set up the league for the independance of vietnam(vietminh) in southern china ?
And why?

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Two leading communists Ho chi minh and Giap set up vietminh.
Its aim was to establish an independant vietnam free from french and japanese rule.

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What are guerilla tactice?

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Small scale organised attacks

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Why did the usa support the vietminh by training and equiping them?

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The usa was keen to end japanese control of french indochina.

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In september 19__, Ho chi minh quickly occupied vietnams two eading cities of _______ and _______ and proclaimed vietnam as an independant and democratic republic.
The usa grew concerned tgat ho chi minh would turn vietnam _________.

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1945
hanoi
saigon
communist

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Why did the new vietnames republic (setup by ho chi minh ) fail?

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Within weeks the french moved 50,000 troops into indochina to reclaim the territory they controlled.
They quickly restored control over south vietnam where the vietminh were not strong and drove ho chi minh and his followers into the jungles of north vietnam.

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After regaining controll of south vietnam , The french set up the _____ of __________ ruled by _____ dai who was a ___ c__________.

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state of vietnam
bao
anti communist

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In 1949 , the chinese communist party , led by mao zedong succesfully won a war in china and established a communist government.
What two major developments did this bring for events in vietnam?

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Mao supported the vietminh by providing them with essential millitary supplies such as artillary.
The usa switched their support to the french fearing that communism was going to sweep across asia.
In 1950 truman agreed to send the french $15mn of supplies and military advisors who were under strict instructions to not fight.
Ultimately the usa paid about 80% of the cost of france’s war with vietnam.

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Describe the events at the battle of Dien bien phu .

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In 1954 , the french decided to fortisy Dien bien phu in order to lure the vietminh into battle.
The french waited with around 15,000 troops for the vietminh to attack.
They didn’t know that they were surrounded by 50,000 vietminh with anti-aircraft guns to shoot don french supply planes and other artillary which they had spent months getting into the mountains.
After 2 moneths the french surrendered.
After another two months an armistace was signed andthe french agreed to leave indochina.
Only 3000 french troops survived.

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Why did president eisenhower not send military to help the french in vietnam?

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The usa had just ended a war with korea , with 34000 american lives lost and nothing gained, eisenhower thought congreess were very unlikely to send in troops.

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What was stated in the geneva accords?

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1) vietnam was to be temporarily divided along the 17th parallel, seperated by a demilitarised zone.
2) Ho Chi Minh would run the northern part ( democratic republic of vietnam )
3) Bao Dai would run the southern part (state of vietnam)
however he soon went to france and was succeeded by diem who was anti communist
4) Vietnamese troops and people could move north or south for 300 days after the agreement
5) In july 1956, elections would be held across both parts of vietnam to decide on the government of a united vietnam

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Which countries refused to sign the geneva accords and why ?

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Usa and south vietnam because they felt that ho chi minh was likely to win an election and they could not consent to the spread of communism.

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What was the domino theory and how did it increase us involvement in vietnam ?

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The idea that if vietnam became communist , neighbouring countries would follow.
Led to formation of seato (south east asia treaty organisation) 1954 where many countries Agreed to act together to stop the spread of communism in southeast asia.

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Why did diems government lack support?

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There were still many communists in south vietnam, they controlled some northern areas.
Diem was catholic ; most vietnamese were buddhist , religious clashes were common and buddhists assumed diem favoured the catholics.
Diem mainly gave government jobs to his family members and catholics.
he refused to hold elections in 1956
based in saigon with little understanding of the lives of peasants.

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How did eisenhower try to keep diem in power ?

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He sent more advisors to train the south vietnamese army .
He wanted the ARVN to win control of south vietnam and for the usa to fight a limited war.

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Why did diem refuse to hold elections in july 1956 ?

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He said that his government didn’t exist when the geneva accords were set up .

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What was the Ho Chi Minh trail ?

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A series of dirt paths and smaller trails that north vietnam used to send troops and supplies to support the vietcong in south vietnam

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What was the national liberation front and what did they do ?

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1960
The vietcong and other anti-diem groups joined to form the national liberation front.
It organised political opposition to diem .
members would go to villages at night and urge villagers to disobey the government and support local vietcong groups.

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How succesful were the national liberation front?

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Very succesful.
By the end of the 1960s, less than half of south vietnam was under government control .

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Give three examples of diems oppresion.

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arrested political and religious opponents
‘denounce a communist campaign’ encourage people to report communists
1857- sent ARVN into the countryside to find and arrest communists

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When did kennedy become president of the USA?

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1961

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Kennedy wanted a change of tactics, what were these ?

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Counter insurgency tactics
he wanted to win over the hearts and minds of the villagers to pacify them .
Use the ARVN to hunt for and destroy the Vietcong

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How did Kennedy Begin his new tactics?
Did they work?

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Sent 16000 more advisors to south vietnam
Ordered arvn to go into villages at day to win the villagers over.
It was hard for the ARVN to win over the villagers as the VC went at night to reverse the work.

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WHen was the strategic hamlets program launched?
1962
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What was the strategic hamlets program?
A plan where villagers would be moved into large new villages surrounded with barbed wire and soldiers. Built under the supervision of 800 green berets.
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What was the purpose of the strategic hamlets programme?
To stop the vc from recruiting/influencing villagers or getting supplies.
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Was the strategic hamlets programme a succes or failure ? Why ?
A failure Leaflets were dropped to encourage people to move however many were illiterate. Government didn;t provide them with enough food so poeple starved. Many refused to leave their homes where their ancestors were buried.
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How did the persecution of buddhists intensify under diem
9 killed and 14 injured after ARVN soldiers fired at a buddhist procession, Buddhists were forbidden from flying flags on the buddha's birthday. buddhist temples were raided
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Who was quang duc and what did he do on 11th june 1963?
He was a buddhist monk who set himself on fire in saigon as a way of protesting aggaisnt buddhist oppresion.
31
what hapened to diem 1st november 1963?
ARVN troops stormed into diems palace and shot him . ARVN general minh was put in charge of the country. Kennedy knew about the plan but didn't say anything.
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When was kennedy assasinated?
novembre 22 1963
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Why were the vietcong more of a threat in 1964?
Foreign aid Communist china and ussr ropived amunition,weapons,advisors and troops VC could make larger,more damaging attacks. Vietcong propaganda VC propaganda stressed that they were fighting : the usa and its puppet government to end poverty and injustice to unite vietnam with a fair government. Time The vc had time on their side it was their country and it idn't matter how long it took to win Organised weak sv government local support
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when was the battle of ap back
1963
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why was the battle of ap back significant?
the arvn lost even though they outnumbered the vietcong 5:1 made the us loose confidence in diems leadership showed the power of the vietcong
36
describe the events at the gulf of tonkin.
1964 2 us ship, maddox , c turner joy were patrolling the gulf of tonkin august 2nd, maddoxspotted 3 vietnamese torpedo boats, the nv fired and the us called air support the ships withdrew when the air support arrived august 4th - during a storm, the two ships claimed that the vietnamese attacked them , howver there was confusion whethere this was the storm or not. us lanched a retaliation on the north vietnamese-2 planes were shot down by nv august 5th johnson told congress what happened and asked them to give him the power to stop future attacks august 7th - congress passed the gulf of tonkin resolution
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what was the gulf of tonkin resolution?
gave johnson the powr to take all necessary steps to stop attacks on us fores without consulting congress or officially declaring war
38
describe how the vietcong used tunnels as part of their tactics.
built almost 100 miles of tunnels connecting to many viallages around saigon. the tunnels contained hospitals,weapon and fuel storage areas , and living space. as most vietnamese were smaller than americans, the tunnels were too small for us troops to fit into. The tunnels were also hard to find because thy were often a small hole hidden on the ground with a trapdoor covered by leaves.
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how did the vietcong use guerilla warfare against the usa?
stayed close to us troops so us planes couldn't bomb them made networks of tunnels to hide and escape used simple ambushes and traps with sharp bamboo poles or trip wire with explosives used light weapons and equipment to move quickly and quietly sabotaged roadds and bridges dressed like ordinary vietnamese t0 move aout in secret on foor or bikes.
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name the three us tactics
bombing search and destroy chemical weapons- herbicides used to sestroy jungle plants and farm crops to make it easier to find vietcong
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when was operation rolling thunder?
1965
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what was operation rolling thunder?
a bombing campaign over north vietnam
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where did operation rolling thunder target?
ho chi minh trail industry in north vietnam
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what else was dropped during operation rolling thunder?
napalm - slow burning petrol mixture that sticks to the skin and burns to the bone pineapple bombs- canisters that explode and shoot pellets everywhere
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in january 1966 the us offered to stop bombing in return for what ? How did the north vietnamese respond?
peace talks they rejected the offer
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why was operation rolling thunder succesfull?
643000 tons of bombs were dropped damaging nv targets bombing caused significant dammage to the north vietnamese industry meaning they could not produce supplies for the vietcong the bombing damaged key transport links in north vietnam , including roads and bridges on the ho chi minh trail .
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why was operation rolling thunder unsuccessfull ?
the north vietnamese developed and effective defence against the bombing raids. this meant they shot down hundreds of american planes during the operation. in hanuary 1966 the us offered to stop bombing in return for peace talks. the north vietnamese rejected the offer. most of the vietcong's supplies did not come from the north. the ussr's aid for the vietcong increases from $210mn to 505mn in 1967. the bombing allowed communists to increase anti american propaganda. nv used thousands of vollunteers to contantly repair roads /bridges. they also used tunnels to protects supplies
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why did the us troops see search and destroy tactics as succesfull?
during the first wave of missions , the us troops killed about 100 vc , us troops found weapons, tunnels and supplies, and they destroyed them .
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why did the vietcong see the us search and destroy missions as a faill?
at the end of the missions, us troops and arvn left , thinking their job was done. the vc then moved back in . us bombing and chemical weapons harmed ordinary civillians this lessened their support
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when was operation cedar falls ?
1967
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describe the events of operation cedar falls.
over 30,000 us and arvn troops took part they flew villagers to refuge camps then burned their villages after it was cleared it became a free fire area where bombing could occur without warning. in many cases villagers failed to understand this and returned to their homes some where warned using leaflets however they could not read them.
52
what yearsdid operation ranch hand take place?
1964 - 1970
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why was operation ranch hand successful?
one plane could spray 300 acres in just four minutes the herbicides were made up to 50 % stronger than those made in the us agent blue- used to kill crops agent orange - stronger, used in jungles
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why was operation ranch hand unsucsessful ?
villages were sprsyed without getting villagers out first producing the herbicides quicker than usual produced a poison that did not disolve in water. the rain carried it into streams and rivers which affeced people who drank it. the poison stayed in the soil and affected crops for decades caused birth defects and deaths led to public outrage in the us
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what year was the tet offensive?
1968
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what was the tet offensive?
1968- the north vietnamese and vietcong launched an attack on the us during a cease-fire
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what were three ways that the vietcong tried to catch the arvn / us off guard during the tet offensive?
vc + nv attacked areas in south vietnam just south of the demilitarized zone to lure us troops away from cities. nv said they might be willing to negotiate peace talks which made the us think they were ready to give in . they surrounded us bases
58
which key buildings were infiltrated in saigon during the tet offensive?
us embassy the presidential palace arvn headquarters radio station airport
59
how many nv/vietcong troops were involved in the tet offensive?
84,000 communists took part
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why was tet offensive shocking for the us
cities were attacked they were seen as safe places it was a huge scale attack
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why was the tet offensive a succes for america?
the VC had heavy losses. 30,000+ The north vietnamese agreed to take part in peace talks in 1969 the us and arvn quickly retook towns and building captured by the vc us casualties only 1500 men vc lost most of its best fighters
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why was the tet offensive a failure for the us?
the us media began to say that vietnam was a war that could never be won and should be ended soon. the attack showed that the vietcong could attack all over south vietnam ,over 100 cities were targeted. president johnson acknowledged the war could not be won militarily. he stopped rolling thunder and did not go for re-election. there were thousands of civillian casualties and refugees. 15 vc soldiers managed to invade the american embassy in saigon. 50 million americans saw footage of the attack on the us embassy and though 'how could this happen i thought we were winning'
63
what hapened at my lai on 16th march 1968?
a us parrol (charlie company ) was to take his troops to the son my village with goal of destroying the vietcong battalion in the area, however he wiped out the village in a massacre that killed as many as 500 civillians.
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how did the us military respond to what hapened at my lai?
they tried to hide it
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what happened in march 1969 regarding the events at my lai? what did this lead to ?
a soldier wrote a letter to the us government outlining what happened. Investigations into the incident led to Lt Calley, a platoon leader, being charged in November 1969.
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how did the events at my lai gain further publicity ?
 journalist Seymour Hersch wrote an investigative piece in November 1969. After this, additional enquiries began, including one into the army's handling of the massacre.
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what was lt calley charged with ? how long was his sentence and how long did he complete?
formally charged with the murder of 109 people. was given 20 years of hard labour in 1971  he actually served 3 years under house arrest at Fort Benning and was released in 1974.
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what were the consequences of the my lai massacre?
However, a large number of Americans either refused to believe the massacre had happened or felt it was justified because the villagers were helping Vietcong.
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what did the us public do in november 1969 ?
 In November 1969, more than half a million anti-war protesters demonstrated in Washington, DC. It was the largest political protest in American history.
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what year was operation phoenix?
1968
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what was the aim of operation phoenix?
. The aim was to identify and arrest at least 3,000 Vietcong suspects each month. They were to be arrested and forced to reveal the names of other Vietcong.
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why was the us public against operation phoenix?
around 28,000 were arrested many were innocent they were tortured public were unconfortable with the brutal methods used against them.
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what were the five reasons why opposition to the vietnam war increased under president johnson?
1)(Students for a democratic society)had 3000 members by 1965 and operated over 80 university campuses. from 1965 they publicaly opposed the war. they protested amd came up with shocking slogans such as 'he he lbj , how many kids did you kill today?' 2) first war where american reporters had been allowed complete access. no censorship gave americans realistic view of the conflict violence shocked many 3) the medias viewpoint clashed with the governmeents johnson boasted about the tet offensivesaying it was a succes the puplic believed a news reporter who said the war was unwinnable. 4) vietnam veterans against the war - 1967 they spoke at demonstrations, handed in their medals and trie to convince the public that war was not worth their lives. 5) anti war activists enncouraged people to refuse the draft from 1967 and onwards. encouraged people to burn their draft carsds as a sign of protest
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What was the nixon doctrine?
outlined what the role of the us should be in south east asia
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what were the three key ideas of the nixon doctrine?
the usa would honour any treaty commitments they had made the usa would help any ally against a nuclear threat the usa would provide aid and training to countries under threat but not troops : the country under threat had to provide its own army.
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what is vietnamisation?
meat moving responsibility for the war away from the us and giving responsibility back to south vietnam
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in the first _ years 400,000 troops left vietnam.
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78
official peace talks began under nixon to enforce vietnamisation, who began to negotiate and where?
nixon sent delegates to paris to negotiate peace tals with representations from north and south vietnam and the vietcnog.
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how succesful were nixon's official peace talks?
unsuccsesfull they argued over seating arrangements
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nixon began secret peace talks when ? who? why was it a secret?
august 1969 henry kissinger of us and le duc tho of NV SV would feel betrated because us is negotiating with NV about what to do with SV they didnt want to seem like they were loosing.
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why did nixon bomb neighbouring cambodia?
parts of the ho chi minh trail ran through it
82
how and why did nixon expand the war in 1970 with cambodia?
the leader of cambodia, prince sihanouk was neutral in the war. pro american general nol took over NV NV joined forces with cambodian communist guerillas and supported sihanouk by attacking the nol government 50,000 ARVN and 30,000 us troops invaded cambodia to support nol and save the country from communism . troops were only allowed 19miles past the bordre in order to prevent public outrage
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what were us succeses in the invasion of cambodia?
11000 communists were killed communist bases were destroyed
84
why was the us invasion of cambodia a failure?
led to protests communists pulled back to safe deep placed inside cambodia damaging the trail didnt stop the communists
85
when was the easter offensive?
1972
86
the us continued to withdrawtroops despite the ARVN failing in laos. what did north vietnam plan?
a huge attack on SV directly attacking ARVN
87
during the easter offensive how many troops attacked and on what date?
30th march 120,000 NV
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was the easter offensive succesfull or not ? why?
it was successful at first but the ARVN with us air suppot pushed the NV back
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what did the us do in response to the easter offensive?
launched operation linebacker 1972
90
what happened during operation line backer
hanoi and haiphong were bombed mines were placed in haiphonf harbour blockades at the harbour
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what was diffrent about operation linebacker compared to johnsons operation rolling thunder?
it didnt set restrictions on any targets
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name three impacts of operation linebacker
1 ) almost wiped out NV war industry 2) severly disrupted supplies from ussr and china 3) china and ussr urging NV to reach a peace settlement
93
who was in charge of laos in 1971
several groups were struggling for power
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why did SV push the us to attack laos ?
NV used the ho chi minh trail in laos
95
how many ARVN troops invaded laos?
21,000
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what did the us provide in the invasion of laos?
air support
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how many NV troops frought back against the ARVN when they tried t invade laos?
36,000
98
when the fighting in laos became difficult what did the arvn do?
they fled leaving behind weapons and equipment
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what happened on friday 1st may 1970 (kent state shootings)
a group of students burried a copy of the us constitution as protest (500 students) this lwd to fights between pro war and anti war
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what hapend on the evening of 2nd may (kent state shootings)
there were over 1000 demonstrations officer training corps building on campus was burned down
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how did the mayor respond to what happened 2nd may 1970 (kent state shootings)
he declared an emergency 900 members of the national guard arrived with rifles and tear gas
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what hapened 4th may (kent stateshootings)
officials banned a demonstration there wa one planned with over 2000 peple attending students threw bricks and gas cannisters at the national guards they fired at the crowd
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how many were killed / injured at the kent state shootings?
4 killed 9 injured
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what impact did the kent state shootings have on america?
the public were horrified becasue it involved white middle class therefore it gained huge publicity
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why did presidents need support from congress to fight a war?
wars cost money and presidents have to get congress to pass laws to raise taxes and other funds for war
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what lie did johnson tell congress about the cost of war?
if the war lasted until the summer of 1967 it would cost under $10bn it cost $20 bn
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what did congress do on 24th june1970?
repealed the gulf of tonkin resolution
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what did congress refuse to give towards the end of the war?
as much funding t the south vietnamese government as nixon promised
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what were 'doves' and 'hawks' ?
doves were those who pushed for an end to the war hawks were those that were pro war
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what were pacifists?
polititians that opposed all war
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why was the cost of the war an issue?
it cost $167bn money was needed in the us for the economy
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why did some polititians see the war as unwinnable?
the nv knew that america will eventually leave and nv will still be there they cant be defeated with a limited war struglle to fight agaisnt guerilla war couldnt tell the enemies from allies
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why did americans expect worldwide respect?
they saw their country as representing freedom and democracy
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why were countries begining to criticise america?
it was a shock to find many people supported corrupt regime and a war with high civillian death toll
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what was the red scare and when did it happen?
began immediately after ww2 a term applied to communists when many feared that immigrants in the us would revolt
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what happened to american communists /immigrants during the red scare?
they were hounded out of jobs and homes put in prison
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when did the red scare end?
1954
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what did americans remain scared of after the red scare?
communist takeovers abroad
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why did the red scare lead to support for the vietnam war?
it made americans more fearfull of communism they were keen to fight in vietnam in order to prevent the spread of communism
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what is patriotism?
the loce of and loyalty to one's country
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hy were many americans patriotic?
they were taught at home and school to obey the authority and be patriotic
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why did patriots support the vietnam war
because the government said that it was neccessary
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what was hard hats a nickname for?
construction workers
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what did a group of hard hats do in new york on 8th may 1970
A large group of construction workers assembled in front of Federal Hall in New York, where they also chased and beat students protesting against the Vietnam War. the policse did little to stop it
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what doe sthe term 'silent majority ' refer to ?
americans who mainly supported nixon's policies b/ut did not actively campaign either for or against the war
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what evidence is there that supports the idea that the silent majority supported the vietnanm war.
a poll showed 77% of people supported nixons policiese over 50000 telegrams and 30000 letters of support flowed into the white house after nixons silent majority speech
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give one pice of evidence that shows that congress supported the vietnam war
there were only 2 votes against the gulf of tonking resolution
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why did congreess keep funding the vietnam war?
the military kept assuring the government that victory was close they did not want the us to be beaten by NV , a third world country
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what different things affected congress' attitude towards th]e vietnam war?
the tet offensive and the silent mjority speech public oppinion#peacefull andti war protests increases support violent protests decreasedsuppot
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give reasons why the usa wanted to negotiate for peace.
nixon wanted to end the war as soon as possible as he had promised to when he was elected in 1968 there was no victory in sight growing oppositionreduced funding from congress high casulaties
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give reasons why north vietnam wanted peace negotiations
possible loss of aid from ussr and china who begun to press them to make peace - north vietnam wanted vietnam reunified under communism
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describe the negotions beteen 1068 and 72
after the tet offensive both sides agreed to talk(paris 1968) , however both sides just restated their arguments. nixon held secret talks with ussr and china to try end the cold war, as a result the north vietnamese agreed to talks in 1970 as they feared that they would loose their aid. SV did not know about this 1972 october , us and nv produced an agreement at the paric official talks. thieu refused to sign. he was furious that the agreement he had no part in making was being forced on him. the talks broke up as the nv stated that the us was using sv refusal to back out. the agreement was unsigned.
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from 1970 , how did nixon keep pressure on nv to agree peace?
continuing official negotiations continuing secret negotiations continuing the process of vietnamisation continuing fighting and bombing continuing meetings with ussr and china
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what were the key agreements of the paris peace accords (1973) ?
all countries to acccept vietnam as a single country reunification to be by negotiation and agreement with now outside interferance new government to be elected with international supervision a ceasefire to begin kept by everyone including both south vietnams governments armies of south vietnam to remain but no us aid to arvn us troops,equipment,advisiors to be withdrawn and military bases dismantled within 60 days. us government could not intefere with vietnamese politics military or otherwise usa to give aid for reconstruction in sv and nv
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what was the significance of the paris peace accords for the usa?
gacve them a way to leave the war
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what was the significance of the paris peace accords for sv?
economy collapsed due to large reduction of us aid. thieu did no t make government more democratic or reduce corruption in villages which led to vc aining controll fall of saigon 30th april 1975
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what was the significance of the paris peace accords for nv?
launhed an attack december 1974 avrn could not cope dues to lack of us support led to the fall of saigon april 1975
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what did the war cost america ?
johnson made a project to improve the lives of poor americas (the great society ) , howeever there wasnt enough money as it was spent on war. const $167bn 58220 dead affectedthe way americans saw theirselves, made them feel ashamed as they lost to a much poorer and undeveloped country americans became less trusting of their government and eachother veterans were beaten up,sat on and discriminated against ptsd for soldiers high suicide rate for veterans
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reason - geographical / cultural - why did this result in america losing the war?
nv knew the landscape and conditions they used language as an advantage to win over the villagers many in sv wanted communism usa had a lack of understanding of the landscape,climate,plants and animals sv government were mainly catholic and alienated the buddhists
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reason - political/economic - why did this result in america losing the war?
nv were commited to war there was no public opposition vc was established in sv and nv could supply them nv had financial help from ussr and china sv government were unpopular and corrupt 1971, congress set limits to the amount of money that coul be spent on war.
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reason - military - why did this result in america losing the war?
vc were used to fighting in jungles used guerilla tactics and were organised and experienced draft led to young and inexperienced soldiers poor arvn training fragging and drug abuse among us troops measured succes by how many were killed
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why did opposition in the us lead to america losing the war?
unlike nv , us was a democracy presidents needed suport to be elected 1060s protests and criticism grew public felt ashamed of their government many soldiers opposed and gave their medals in .

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