Vietnam War Flashcards
Who is the leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Who is the leader of South Vietnam? He was a Roman Catholic; pro-capitalist
Ngo Dinh Diem
Who’s government did U.S. aid?
Diem’s
What was Kennedy’s war about?
JFK increases military involvement with advisers.
He ordered assasination of Diem via coup d’ etat
When Lyndon B. Johnston took presidency what did he focus on?
Maintaining communism
What was the tankin gulf incident?
Ship, carrying guns/ammunition to help self vietnam
What was the controversy about the vietnam war?
Drafting
Why was the vietnam war a ground war?
There were no territorial goals
Why was the Vietnam war called the first “livingroom war”
the horrors of war were documented on tv.
What is the dmz
Demilitarized zone
What was South Vietnam
Democracy
What ws the Air war about?
Operation rolling thunder
What was operation rolling thunder?
bombing of Hanoi: target: Ho Chi Minh Trail
What does POW stand for
Prisoners of War
What is carpet bombing?
Napalm
Viet Cong:
Farmers by day, guerillas by night
Who implemented Search and Destroy policy?
General William Westmoreland
How is success measured?
Body Count
What is the Tet offense
N Vietnamese and Viet Cong attack south simultaneously
—- seen as amaerican defeat—-
Hey LBJ how many kids did you kill today?
Popularity of LBJ goes down
200-500 unarmed villagers murdered
My Lai Massacre
What were the anti war demonstrations
Columbia Unversity: students destroy research
Kent State University: Kprotest kids through rocks, 4 kids shot on way to class
Why are we in Vietnam?
Containment
Conscientious objector
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a person who avoids the draft policies of his/her nation by leaving the country, going into hiding, or other attempts at fradulent means
draft dodger
Senetors buying their way out
A rich mans war and a poor mans fight
Amnesty and Ramifications
Cultural reconciliation
Refusing to submit-
criminal offense
What was Nixon’s campaign promise?
Peace and Honor
What is the handing over of the Vietnam war to south vietnam?
Vietnamization
What is Agent Orange
herbicidal warfare, spray caused 400,000 deaths and 500,000 birth defects
What were the pentagon papers about
American public being lied to government documents leaking Johnstons admin. war efforts
documents- gov misled American people on its intentions in vietnam
What was the ceasefire and the conditions
between south vietnam and north vietnam
conditions: US removal of troops, norht vietnam could leave troops in south vietnam, n vietnam resume war, no provisions for pow or mia
Fallof Saigon
America abandons vietnam
What were the costs of the vietnam war
US morale, confidence in government, trust decimated
—-we tied/ lost—
US spends 150 billion
3 million vietnamese killed
impact of vietnam war
26th amendment: voting age changes to 18
Nixon abolished draft
War Powers Act: Pres must notify congress 48 hours before deploy, pres must withdraw forces if congress approves in less than 90 days
How does Nixon win the elction in 1968
Electoral college, runs through peace and honor
The hardworking Americans who paid taxes, desired a restoration of law and order
silent Majority
Who does Nixon not like
hippies and young people voting
What did the Oentagon Papers do?
Exposed Vietnam War
The newspapers win
Who were the White House plumbers?
Stopped leaks they tried to make Daniel Ellsburg a crazy person
What is Watergate
He name of the hotel that the burgalars went into
Who uncovered the Watergate scandal and who did they work for?
Bob Woodard and Carl bernstien
Worked for Washington Post
What is the committee to re-elect the president. A spy fund to fund the plumbers
The Creep
What is all the recorded audio from Nixon’s office?
The smoking gun tapes
What was the saturday night massacre
on saturday anyone that could watergate took place was fired
What was Nixon the first to do?
Resign
What was the lasting impact of the watergate scandal
American distrust in politics
What was Nixons final message
“I am not a crook”
motivations for Draft Dodgers
Avoid combat danger political objections to war moral objections to warfare objections to certain wars memebr of diff country
get out of War
Religion Health reasons marrying or fathering a child studnet deferment enlisting in national guard non-pacifist churches missionaries
