Background
Vietnam divided at the international peace conference in Geneva
What is the 17th parallel?
Communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War
What is Ho Chi Minh?
A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy
What is Communist? or (Communism)
Adopted a democratic constitution
What is South Korea?
The dividing line between North and South Korea before the war
What is the 38th parallel?
A communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam
What is the Vietcong?
A free market where business owners control the economy
What is Capitalism?
Country that developed nuclear weapons
What is North Korea?
Country that had control over Vietnam
What is France?
Country that normalized relations with Vietnam in 1995
What is the United States?
An invisible divide between countries that supported communism and countries that supported democracy
What is the Iron Curtain?
This country has economic problems and food shortages
What is North Korea?
Country that was in control of Korea
What is Japan?
American president that made the decision to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam
What is Lyndon B. Johnson?
The thought that if one country fell to communism, then other countries would fall soon after
What is Domino Theory?
To gradually withdraw its troops from Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
Country involved after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident in relation to the Vietnam War
What is America?
U.S. President during the Korean War
What is Harry Truman?
U.S. President Truman's policy to prevent the spread of communism
What is containment?
Officials sent thousand to this place to train them in Communist thought
What is re-education camps?