Vietnam Vocab Flashcards
Geneva Accords
Divided Indochina into 3 parts- Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Divided Vietnam in halfa t the 17th parallel
Ho Chi Minh
Communist leader of North Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
corrupt democratic leader of South Vietnam
Military Advisor
US military personnel who trained SV miltary
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gave LBJ the power to use all necessary measures to protect Amercan interest in Vietnam
Draft
required military service
Conscientoius objectors
refused to fight the war based on their religious beliefs
Ho Chi Minhn trail
Supply route used by NV to bring supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam
Vietcong(VC)
Lived in Sv and fought for NV
Army of the republic of vietnam (ARVN)
Official military of South Vietman
Drafted dodgers
Avoided military service- sometimes left the country to do so Canada
Guerrilla War
unconvential warfare- hit and run attacks
Tet
Vietnamese New Year
Tet offensive
NV attack on major SV cities on teh tet holiday
Agent orange
herbicide used to defoliate the jungles
Napalm
jelly type gasoline used in bombs and flamethrowers
1968 chicago democratic national convention
In chicago- voilent anti-war protesters- nominated by Hubert Humphry
Vietnamization
US turning responsibility for fighting the war over to the SV ARVN
Kent State
national Guard fires into crowd of protesters killing at kent state unviersity
Paris Peace Talks
Secret negotiations to end the war between North Vietnam and the US
Fall and Evacuation of Saigon
North Veitnamese take over South Vietnam’s capital. Helicopter evacuation of Americans and South vietnamese prior to the Fall of Saigon
POW
Prisoner of War
Boat people
SV civilaians who escaped from the major cities in SV prior to the NV takeover
The Wall
Vietnam memorial in Washington DC dedicated to the 58,000 men and women who died in Vietnam
