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vietnam war Flashcards

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containment

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opposing communism to keep it from spreading

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guerrilla warfare

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using sabotage, hit and run, and ambushes to fight

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domino theory

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fear that if south vietnam became communists, the rest of southern asia would too

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conscientious objector

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one who beliefs prevent one from fighting in a war

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hawk

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one who supports a war

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deferment

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a postponement of military duty

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dove

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one who does not support the war

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draft

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the system for selecting men for military service

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body count

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number of casualties in a firefight. often to determine operation’s sucess

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Charlie

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the vietcong; an elusive enemy for us

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cherry

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us infantryman newly arrived, newby

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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

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clicks

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the measure in kilometers for marches when companies went into the bush; for every 1000 meters, us units marched 1 click

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five o’clock follies

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nickname for regular afternoon press debriefing for us journalists in saigon

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grunt

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us infanryman in vietnam, comparable to GI in WWII

average grunt was white, from small rural USA, 21-22, volunteers

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Napalm

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jellied petroleum substance used in flame throwers and bombs that sticks to surfaces, including human flesh,used in carpet bombing

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Operation rolling thunder

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president Lyndon b Johnson’s campaign of bombing north Vietnamese continuously for three years

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18
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elephant

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US Lost the war, slow

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tiger

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North Vietnam won the war, hit and run

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big Green bird

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chopper

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pentagon papers

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the secret and classified us government version of the war, illegally given to the media in 1971
June 13, 1971, daniel ellsberg leaked info, first installment in NY times, Americans not aware of wars true nature-drug trafficking, political assassinations, indiscriminate bombings
Said the real reason for pouring troops into Vietnam was to “avoid a humiliating defeat”

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How was the Vietnam war different from other wars?

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WWI and II were fought with strategies, Vietnam was fought in a jungle with guerrilla warfare. Soldiers in Vietnam also only served for 1 year as opposed to others where they served full time

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After the My Lai Massacre, _, was court marshaled and sentenced to life imprisonment

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Lieutenant William calley jr.

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Diem

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President of south Vietnam, was overthrown because he didn’t improve the conditions of peasants, and repressed the buddhists, was assassinated

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Henry Kissinger

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Us negotiators at the Paris peace talks, he declared peace is at hand in 1972

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Kent state protests

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May 4, 1970, 4 killed by national guard, 11 wounded, confusion with rubber bullets

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Bob Dylan

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created protest music

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Ho Chi Minh

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Leader of North Vietnam

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Tet

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Vietnamese new year

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Vietnamization

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Us would pull out and leave the military fighting to the south Vietnamese

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My Lai

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1968, Massacre led by calley, innocent people killed, pinkville, becomes central core of protest,

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France

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Controlled indo china and tried to keep vietnam from being independent z

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Cambodia

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Secret war, Nixon sent troops there without congressional approval, they were attacked because of the Ho Chi Minh trail

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Saigon

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Fall of Saigon April 30th 1975, America abandons it embassy, north Vietnam invades, Saigon is now Ho Chi Minh city, united Vietnam

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Agent orange

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Chemical defoliant, also cancer agent

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Tonkin gulf

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Incident, 1964, us ships were “attacked” unprovoked, congress gave LBJ a blank check to take care of it, this started our involvement in the war

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Ho Chi Minh trail

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North Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia - South Vietnam this is how the communist got supplies

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Tet offensive

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January 1968, us thought war would stop for holiday but Vietnamese attacked, media said it was us loss, distrust in LBJ after this

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How was the war in Vietnam war fought?

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Guerrilla warfare

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JFK

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Sent advisors to Vietnam to check everything out

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LBJ

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The Vietnam War escalated during is presidency, he got the blank check, and sent ground forces,

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Nixon

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Abolished draft, ran for prez and won 1968 election, growing up was a poor Quaker from a lemon farm in CA, Ava debater and lawyer, part of HAUC in second red scare, started in politics in 1946,
During his presidency first man on moon, removed troops from Vietnam, visited China before it was recognized, limited anti ballistic missiles, toured Middle East, us postal service, WATERGATE,

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Pol pot

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Leader of Cambodia

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General Westmoreland

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Late 1967 said there is a light at the end of the tunnel, must have been a long tunnel because War didn’t end for like 10 years, in charge of the ground troops

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John McCain

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One of the first released from pow camp Hanoi Hilton, later became senator in Arizona

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Vietcong

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Secret weapon of the north, southern communists, looked like regular people during the day and at night would kill you

47
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POW camp

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Hanoi Hilton

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1968 Election big issues

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Vietnam

Law and order

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1968 election democrats

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Robert Kennedy on track until killed
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Protest at the convention in 68’

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1968 election republicans

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Richard Nixon winner
Nelson Rockefeller
Spiro Agnew
Ronald Reagan

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1968 election American independent party

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George Wallace opposed integration, and coddled criminals, wanted to win Vietnam

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End of the war treaty

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Paris peace accords

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Last troops

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Last troops were pulled out in 1975

54
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Outcome

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Us backed out, fall of Saigon, communists invaded and united Vietnam,

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