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Vietnam War Flashcards

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Napalm

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Jellies petroleum substance used in flame throwers and bombs that sticks to surfaces including human flesh

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1968 election

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2 issues are vietnam war and law and order
Nixon wins
lowest winning majority since wilson
Democrats controlled both houses

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Domino theory

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The us idea that if Vietnam fell to the communists the rest of Southeast Asia would fall like dominos in a line

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Saigon

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fall of Saigon
-america abandons its embassy
-saigon becomes ho chi minh city
-white christmas was code for evactuation
-operation of the us evacuation of saigon
operation frequent wind

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1968 election democrats

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Robert Kennedy,McCarthy,Humphrey

Democrats pick Humphrey

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Guerrilla warfare

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Using sabotage hit and run and ambushes to fight over and

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Tonkin gulf

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Tonkin gulf incident

Had ships there that were attacked, and according to LBJ attacks were unprovoked

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Tet

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Vietnam new year

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Pentagon papers

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Secret documents leaked to NY times

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Nixon

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said he wanted to end the war
vietnamization
expansion of the conflict (secret war)
agent orange

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Tiger

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Nickname for the North Vietnamese

Hit and run

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Outcome of the end of war

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LBJ said wasn’t running again

American morale drops
  Disproportionate representation of minority's 
   Racial probs 
   Major drug use w
Us backed out but left the troops
Communists took over
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13
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Bob Dylan

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Wrote antiwar protest songs

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Conscientious objector

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One whose beliefs prevent one from fighting a war

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tet offensive

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  • they dont usually attack on holidays
  • us military seen as defeated
  • vietcong absorbed greatest loss of lives
  • support of the war decreased
  • johnson would not send more troops after
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My lai

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Vietnamization

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The twining and equipping of the south Vietnamese soldiers to replace American troops

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click

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Measurement in kilometers for marches when companies went into the bush for every 1000 m US units marched one click

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Cambodia

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war moves to cambodia

student protests ignites

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Pol pot

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leader of cambodia

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Big green bird

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Chopper

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Treaty

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paris peace accords

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Body count

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Number of casualties in a firefight often determine operations success

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Containment

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Opposing communism to keep it from spreading

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Charlie

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Nickname for the Vietcong

26
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Agent orange

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Chemical defoliant

Dropped to strip leaves so the enemy is more visible

27
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Last troops

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left Vietnam 1975

28
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Nixon Presidency

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first man to moon
removed troops from vietnam
visited china
limit on anti ballistic missiles
toured middle east
us postal service
inflation
watergate
29
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Claymore

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US antipersonnel mine which throws off a fan shaped spray of fragments during its explosion. Used for defense

30
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How was the Vietnam war different from others

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Rather then fighting in trenches and such they fought in jungles
werent treated well when returned home
length of time fought was shorter

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Hawk

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One who supports a war

32
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Deferment

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A postponement of military duty

33
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Ho Chi Minh

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North Vietnam

34
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Draft

A

Getting selected to fight in the war

35
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American Independent party

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Wallace, who opposed push to integrate
against coddles criminals
“win” in Vietnam

36
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1968 election republicans

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Nixon,Rockefeller,Reagan,Agnew,

Nixon is picked and wins

37
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Ho Chi Minh trail

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Supply route

How they supplied the VC
how troops were moved without being seen

38
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John McCain

A

One of first POWS
Hanol hill
Became senator

39
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Cherry

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Newby

Us infantryman newly arrived to vietnam

40
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Elephant

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Nickname for the US

Slow

41
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Grunts

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US infantryman in Vietnam

Comparable to GI in World War II

42
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Operation rolling thunder

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Continual bombing of north Vietnam

Napalm

43
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Dove

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One who oppose the war

44
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Diem

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Leader of south Vietnam

45
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LBJ

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sent ground forces

war escalated under his presidency

46
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what was nixon part of

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HUAC

47
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Protests in election

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Democratic Nat. Convention

Yippies

48
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5 o’clock follies

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Nickname for the regular afternoon press briefings for US journalists in Saigon often characterized by reports of exaggerated enemy body counts and questionable claims of us victories in the war

49
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Kent state protest

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1970
Kent state university
4 killed by national guardsmen
16 wounded

50
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JFK

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sent advisors

51
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution

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“the blank check”

johnson was then able to get congressional approval to escalate americas involvment in the vietnam war

52
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General westmoreland

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In charge of us troops

53
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France

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in vietnam since late 19th century
controlled indochina

Us financially supported because of their commitment to stop the spread of communism

54
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Calley

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Us platoon leader

in charge of My Lai massacre

55
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Vietcong

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The enemy 
Farmers by day 
Guerrilla warriors 
Very patient 
Underestimated by US
56
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Kissinger

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Sec of State under Nixon

57
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Pow camps

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Hanoi Hilton

worst of the camps

58
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How was the Vietnam war fought

A

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