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communist who fought France, Japan, and US for independence

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Ho Chi Minh

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communist and other groups declared in 1941, independence from foreign rule. #1 goal

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Vietminh

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After WWII, US aids _______ in its effort to control vietnam

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france

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4
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US goal in vietnam

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contain the spread of communism

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5
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countries would fall to communism one after the other

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Domino Theory

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French Defeat, forced to leave vietnam

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Dien Bien Phu

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temporary division of vietnam at 17th

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Geneva Accords

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anti communist president of S.V who cancels elections

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Ngo Dinh DIem

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SV who supported unification with NV, carried out thousands of assassinations of SV government officials

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Vietcong

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NV sending troops and arms to SV through this supply line

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Ho Ghi Minh Trail

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gives president johnson broad military powers, begins sending large number of US troops

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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12
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enrolling in college would defer you from

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Draft

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13
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commander of US troops in Vietnam

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Gen. Westmoreland

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14
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extensive bombing of NV

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Operation Rolling Thunder

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convinces US public that the war is unwinnable

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TET Offensive

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What happened in 1968

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TET offensive, assassination of MLK and RFK

17
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College campuses were often the sites of _________________________

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anti-war protests

18
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“peace with honor” by Vietnamization of the war, low US soldier morale

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President NIXON

19
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Johnson administration had mislead the american public about the progress of the war.

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Pentagon Papers

20
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restricted the military power of the president

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War Powers Act

21
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The main goal of the U.S involvement in Vietnam was to stop the spread of what?

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communism

22
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The US military commander of forces in Vietnam, who adopted a strategy of sending US soldiers on “search and destroy” missions to find the vietcong

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Gen Wesmoreland

23
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to maintain high levels of US troops in Vietnam the us gov required US citizens to serve in the military to fight the war in Vietnam. Young men could defer from this service by enrolling in college, which often were the sites of anti war protests. Many considered this unfair because it was more likely that the working class and minority youths went to war. What is being required to report military service?

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draft

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the tet offensive, president johnson declinging reelection, violence between protestors and police at the democratic national convention, anti war protests, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King and RObert Kennedy all occurred in what year?

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1968

25
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the publishing of these classified documents revealed to the American public that the johnson administration had mislead them on the realities of the war in vietnam

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Pentagon papers

26
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Seeing it as an extension of the Cold war and our conflict with the USSR the US supported this nation, after WWII and the Japanese occupation, in its efforts to establish its control over Vietnam instead of supporting Vietnamese independence

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France

27
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This supply line that began in NV would pass through Laos and Cambodia, and supply troops and weapons to support the vietcong in SV. What was the name of the supply line?

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Ho Chi Minh Trail

28
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Realizing that the president had been given too much power to conduct the war in Vietnam, congress restricted the power of the president on how he could use military forces in the future. WHat was the name of the law that restricted the power of the president?

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War Powers Act

29
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Major attack by the vietcong throughout SV on the Buddhist new year. The us military was able to counter attack and turned it into a major military victory for the us but for the American public watching the attack unfold on tv it convinced many Americans that the war would not be won any time soon/

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TET Offensive

30
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President Johnson asked congress to draft a resolution that would give the president almost full authority and broad military powers to conduct the war in Vietnam. Once granted Johnson greatly expanded us military involvement by dramatically increasing the number of us troops in Vietnam and carrying out Operation Rolling Thunder, which was an extensive bombing of NV.

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

31
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SV soldiers who supported the NV communist government led by Ho Chi Minh in the hopes of unifying vietnam. They and their gurilla tactics, which included thousands of assassinations of SV government officials, proved difficult for US forces

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Vietcong

32
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Nixon won the election of 1968, in Vietnam he promised “peace with honor” He would end the war in Vietnam and bring home American troops. The plan to defend SV as US troops were withdrawn was that the SV army would take over more of the fighting, this process would be known as what?

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vietnamization

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During the cold war it was feared that if communism was not confronted and contained it would spread and nation after nation, one after the other, would fall under communist rule. What was this theory called?

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Domino Theory

34
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During the Vietnam war the us formed a secret alliance with a group in Laos to confront the NV who were shipping weapons, supplies, and soldiers along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. These Soldiers also rescued downed American pilots but many were forced to flee fro their lives after the US exit from the vietnam war.

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Hmong

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This group formed by the vietnamese communists and other nationalist groups 1941, declared independence from foreign rule as its single goal

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Vietminh

36
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HE led the indochinese communist arty and fought the french, Japanese, and us forces for the independence of vietnam

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Ho CHi Minh

37
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When this village fell to vietnamese forces in 1954, it signaled the end of french rule in vietnam

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Dien Bien PHU

38
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WIth france exiting vietnam, negotiations to end the conflict resulted in the temporary division of vietnam at the 17th parallel. Ho CHi Minh and the Vietminh would control NV and anti communist Ngo Dinh Diem who was supported by the us would control SV. Elections to unify vietnam under a single government were to be held in 1956 but were canceled by Diem when he realized he would lose to ho chi minh. What was the name of the agreement?

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Geneva Accords

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