Moving Toward Conflict
Vietnam is divided along what line
the 17th Parallel
Agent Orange
Who won the 1968 presidential election
Richard Nixon
Murder of more than 100 innocent Vietnamese villagers
My Lai Massacre
About how many U.S. troops died in Vietnam
58,000
This was the first extensive U.S bombing of North Vietnam
Operation Rolling Thunder
Gasoline based bomb that set fire to the jungles
Napalm
Jan 30 was the Vietnamese New Year and a day of cease fire
Tet Offensive
Angry with Nixon's invasion of Cambodia, Congress repealed this
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What is one way you could postpone getting drafted right out of High School
College
Term used when fear of Communism was going to spread throughout an area
Domino Theory
Critics of Johnson's policies in Vietnam used this term to describe their distrust
Credibility gap
Tragedy that happened on Mar 16
My Lai Massacre
War Powers Act
Country who had imperialized Vietnam since the late 1800s
France
Supply line of North Vietnamese troops to VC
Ho Chi Minh Trail
search and destroy missions
Lyndon B Johnson
gradual withdraw of U.S. troops and training of ARVN
Vietnamization
Month and year the last U.S. troops left Vietnam
March 1973
Corrupt South Vietnamese president
Ngo Dinh Diem
He was the secretary of defense
Robert McNamara
1968 is known for what
Deadliest year of the Vietnam war
Publication of this revealed that Johnson had lied about intentions in Vietnam
Pentagon Papers
Communist group that took control of Cambodia in 1975
Khmer Rouge