Vietnam war part two Flashcards

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JFK’s Impact

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JFK increased military involvement with advisers

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Napalm

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carpet bomb, a vasaline/gasoline substance that sticks to stuff and burns it away it was used to clear forest

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Agent orange

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Heribicidal warfare, a spay that caused death and birth defects

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Tet Offense

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North Vietnam and Viet Cong attack south vietnam simultaniously
Seen as american defeat

Domestic Reaction

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LBJ

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Focused on maintaining communism

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student Protests

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Columbia Unviersity: students destroy professors reseach and Keat State University: students shoot for kids

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green berets

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the US armys first Special Forces operational detachment

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Operation rolling thunder

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bombing of north vietnam trying to destroy ho chi mien trail

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Tonkin Gulf Incident

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Drew US more into war

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10
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vietnamization

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handing over vietnam war to south korea

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Ho Chi minh trial

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how viet cong supplies north vietnam

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12
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Ho Chi minh

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Leader of North Vietnam

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13
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Pentagon Papers

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mislead Amwrican People on intentions in Vietnam

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14
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dove vs hawks

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The hawks believed that due to the agression of North Vietnamese it forced us into the war. They thought that the United States should do what ever is necessary to win. Doves think that the problem in Vietnam is a civil war. They thought that the United States had no right to be in their conflicts.

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15
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my lai

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unarmed villagers murdered unhuman

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