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Vietnam War Flashcards

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When were the French forces defeated in Vietnam?

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1954 at Dien Bien Phu

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Geneva Accords

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1954 - Vietnam divided on 17th parallel into a Communist north and democratic south pending elections

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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President of South Vietnam, led a corrupt government

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Ho Chi Minh

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Led resistance against the French (Vietminh)

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Vietminh

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Independence League - Fought French

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ARVN

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Army of South Vietnam

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Vietcong

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Communist supporters in the South

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Ho Chi Minh Trail

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A trail just inside the border that delivered materials to the Vietcong from the North

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What happened in 1963?

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Diem ousted in US supported coup

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Gulf of Tonkin

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East Coast of North Vietnam: US destroyers Maddox, Turner Joy and Ticonderoga: 1964: fake attack on the destroyers: caused US to escalate the war

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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Gave president a blank check to do whatever he deemed necessary in Vietnam

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Lyndon B Johnson

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Took office in 1963 with assassination of Kennedy:

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Operation Rolling Thunder

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1965 - bombing campaign against North: coincided with bringing of the marines: “Carrot and Stick” mentality: US on offensive now

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Year of first mass demonstration

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1965

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Year of the draft

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1965

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Nguyen Van Thieu

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1967 - South Vietnamese president

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Tet Offensive

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1968 - VC lured US troops away from Saigon: took the embassy: media captured whole thing: Double victory –> Undermined US confidence + prevented South communists from challenging the North: public opinion continued to drop

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Search and Destroy

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Helicopter war: war of attrition –> kill as many of the enemy as possible: instead of winning the south, turned against because of high civilian casualty count

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Helicopter war

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Helicopters would drop men in jungle, kill some VC, flee in helicopter so VC could easily take the land right back –> US wasn’t interested in land

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Limited war

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No nuclear weapons: containment

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Sea and Air Campaign

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“Market Time” 1965-1971: Take southern coast for bases and staging areas

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Ground war

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Chemical warfare: Agent Orange: Napalm

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Draft deferment

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For wealthy, college students, teachers: working man’s war

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Vietnamization

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Nixon’s plan to get the US out of the Vietnam War

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Kent State

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1970 - National guardsmen fire into a crowd at Kent State and kill four students

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What happens in 1972

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Nixon reelected: Kissinger arranges ceasefire to get US out of the war but South doesn’t sign

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“Peace with honor”

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Making it look like the US wasn’t beaten by Vietnam

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NVA Guerrilla warfare

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Jungles and tunnels: choose the opertune time to attack the enemy

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NVA Ground war

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Low tech with material from USSR and China: controlled South civilians through terrorism, assassinations and kidnapping: used civilians to protect military bases and factories

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NVA propaganda

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Had support of China and S. Vietnam: used US antiwar sentiment

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My Lai Massacre

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1968: many civilians were killed and was covered up the government but the media found out

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Prague Spring

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1968: Dubcek introduced social, political and cultural freedoms so USSR crushed the movement

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Brezhnev Doctrine

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1968: trying to contain the breakdown of communism and justify the raid of Czechoslovakia: stated that every communist party was responsible for the whole movement and may not do something to threaten that movement

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Paris Peace Accords

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1973: troops and POWs return home: South doesn’t sign:

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Case-Church Amendment

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1973: end to US involvement in Vietnam including financially

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War Powers Act

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1973: limiting the president power: President can only deploy troops without notifying congress for 48 hours, must return troops home if congress doesn’t agree within 60 days

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1974

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Nixon resigns because of watergate

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1975

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Saigon falls

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Events of 1968

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Tet Offensive, My Lai, Cultural Revolution in China, Prague Spring, Brezhnev Doctrine

40
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When did Brezhnev gain power? What else happened in this year?

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1964: gulf of Tonkin

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