Vietnamese war Flashcards
Indochina
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
part of french Indochina before gaining independence
Geneva Acoords (Who and what)
USA, France, SU, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Britain
Divide Vietnam on 17th parallel
Agent Orange
Plant killer that caused birth defects, cancers, and other problems
to help clear land to fight on
Doves/Hawks
Doves- Anti-war
Hawks- Pro-war
Election of 1964
LBJ beats Barry Goldwater
36th Pres
Election of 1968
Nixon beat Hubert Humphrey for 37th Pres
Capital of south vietnam
Saigon
capital of N. Vietnam
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
-Between french Union and Viet Minh
-Viet Minh wins and France leaves Indochina
Ngo Dinh Diem (3 things)
-Leader in S. Vietnam
- persecuted Buhdists
- pocketed $ from USA
Ho Chi Minh (3 things)
-Leader of N. Vietnam
- wanted Vietnams independence
-made Viet Minh
VietCong
-N. Vietnam
-Guerilla force that fought US and S. Vietnam
-Made of National Liberation Front
Gulf of tonkin
US claimed that N. Vietnamese naval vessels had attacked American destroyers in the gulf of tonkin
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authorized US military intervention in Vietnam
Napalm
Jelly like substance used in bombing raids the burned continually and uncontrollably
Operation Rolling Thunder (4 things and a definition)
Intense, sustained bombing of N Vietnam
-Boost morale in Saigon
- destroy infrastructure in N Vietnam
- cease flow of men/material in S. Vietnam
- End goal of communist insurgency in S vietnam
Counterculture
cultural movement that rejected mainstream values and embraced new forms of artistic expression, social experimentation, and political activism.
Credibility Gap
made citizens oppose the war, it was a term to describe when the public started opposing the war bc of lack of honesty or transparency
Deferments
excusing people from the draft for various reasons
tet offensive
campaign of surprise attacks by NVA and VIETCONG against targets throughout S vietnam
-Americans and S Vietnamese drove vietcong back and forced NVA to bear the Burden
silent majority
Nixons term to describe large number of americans who supported US gov’s policies in Vietnam but did not participate in public protests against the war
Henry Kissinger
negotiated cease fire in vietnam
- sec of state under nixon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
supply route through Laos and Cambodia started in N vietnam
Conscientious objectors
opposed fighting war on moral or religious grounds
Paris Peace talks
peace negotiation effort started by LbJ and lasted till ‘72
Kent state
4 students killed, 9 wounded at kent state university in ohio when US army soil dere fired their weapons into a group of protesting students.
My Lai
Massacred and raped lots of women and children. US citizens didn’t find our for a year which enraged them even more
W Westmoreland
US army general
generation gap
term referring to the differences between young people who were more likely to oppose war and older people who were more likely to support the gov and traditional values
Fall of saigon
Marked end of vietnam war
-N vietnam closed in on S vietnam, and US withdrew troops
Lt. William Calley
convicted of war crimes for his role in my lai.
Self- Immolation
protest to war, people would set themselves on fire
Pentagon Papers
classified study of US involvement in Vietnam War
-showed US gov had lied to us about the war
Vietnamization
NIXONS plan to Withdraw american forces from vietnam and replace them with S vietnamese forces that would be strong enough to defend their own freedom
Coup
Overthrow
Paris Peace Talks
Lasted till 72’
Demilitarized Laos and Cambodia
US withdraw troops from Vietnam in 60 days
17th parallel
Prisoners of war would be realeased
Peace W honor
Nixons foreign, withdraw without looking cowardly
1 reform selective service
2 Vietnamization
3 Expand Bombing campaign (Cambodia and Laos)
