Goals and Weapons
What was the US's main goal in Vietnam?
To stop the spread of communism.
Who did US help after WW II in efforts to keep control of Vietnam?
France
President who used the Tonkin Gulf incident as an excuse to deepen US involvement in the Vietnam War
Lyndon Johnson
Communist leader of the Vietnamese struggle against the French, the Japanese, and the Americans
Ho Chi Minh
A war between North and South Vietnam over the struggle of communism
What is the Vietnam war?
Served as the commander of US troops in Vietnam?
Westmoreland
What enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietnamese forces that were supported by American troops
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
US president responsible for the Vietnamization of the war
Richard Nixon
Why did Congress pass the War Powers Act?
to limit the president's authority to wage war
A gasoline-based bomb that set fire to the jungle
What is napalm?
An agreement that divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel
What is the Geneva Accords?
Americans who supported strong US military efforts in Vietnam
Hawks
required enrollment in the armed services
What is the draft?
Those who strongly opposed the war and believed the U.S. should withdraw
What is a dove?
When did the US invade Cambodia?
When is April 30, 1970
__________ was founded by Tom Hayden and Al Haber, charged that corporations and large government institutions had take over America.
Students for a Democratic Society
Vietcong launched an overwhelming attack on over 100 towns and cities in South Vietnam
What is the Tet Offensive?
political organization whose goal was to win Vietnam's independence from foreign rule
What was Martin Luther King's opinion about African American troops in the Vietnam War?
He believed it was unfair that they were fighting for a country that treated them unfairly at home.
What set off the first general student strike in US history?
The invasion of Cambodia
The alleged attack on the USS Maddox
What is the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
South Vietnamese citizens who fought against the South Vietnamese government and American forces
Vietcong
organization led by Mario Savio that focused its criticism on the nation's faceless and powerful institutions
Free Speech Movement
What is it called when there is a belief that if one country falls to communism, other regions will fall too?
Domino Theory