Vocabulary
Vietnamization, revenue sharing
Plan to called for the South Vietnamese to take more active role.
A policy in which the federal government gives states some of its revenue to be used at state and local levels.
Flexible response
President Kennedy’s plan to help nations fighting Communist movements by providing special military units trained to fight guerrilla warfare.
When did Nixon take office?
January 1969
Napalm
Explosive, burned intensely, destroy jungle growth.
Affirmative action
An approach to hiring or promoting that favors disadvantaged groups
Geneva Accords, impeachment
France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States,China, Laos and Cambodia met in Geneva, Switzerland.
Achieve:Split Vietnam into South and North Vietnam.
To officially charge someone with misconduct in office.
10 year Plan
called Alliance for Progress to bring about economic growth in Latin America.
“Peace with Honor” 3 steps
1. Reforming draft system
2. Give South Vietnam a bigger role in fighting the war
3. Expanding bombing of enemy territory
Agent Orange (Purpose)
Easier to see enemies.
When did Kennedy been assassinated?
1963.11.22
Guerrilla warfare, embargo
fighting with small groups of soldiers and using tactics such as ambush.
A ban on tradePeace Corps (Time&Purpose&Founder)
1961
stop communism
created by Kennedy
Martial Law
police and soldier have the right to use live fire
A curfew is set
(Curfew is a set time when you need to return home)
Vietcong
slowly take over parts of South Vietnam
Territories group
Great Society
helping people under poverty line.
Drafting system, containment
Soldier enlisting/calling soldier to fight
Prevent the widespread of communism.
Blockade (what is it&purpose)
A block of obstruct
To pressure the Soviet Union leave Cuba 5 days laterStrategic Arms Limitation Treaty: purpose and signed with which country?
limiting nuclear weapons
The Soviet Union
Who are the leader of South and North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh& Ngo Dinh Diem
HUD(full-name&purpose)
affordable housing for people
Detante
An attempt to ease international tensions.
New Frontier
Federal aid for education
Support civil rights
International relationship: which 2 countries did Nixon focus to repairing with?
Soviet Union and China
Ho Chi Minh supported the Vietcong
He began supplying arms to Vietcong
Set of track known as ________?
Ho Chi Minh Trial
Who is the first man landed on Moon?
Yuri Gagarin