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President Nixon's plan for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces as South Vietnamese troops assumed more combat duties.
Vietnamization
When did the Vietnam War end?
1975
The idea that if a nation falls to communism, its closest neighbors will also fall under communist control.
Domino Theory
When did the U.S. start sending troops to Vietnam?
1965
Name of Kennedy's space program?
Apollo
Who gained control of Indochino (Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) in the 19th century.
France
What is Miranda v. Arizona
You have the right to remain silent.
When does Johnson become President?
After Kennedy's assassination, 1963
His communist government and ties to the Soviet Union were a source of conflict between Cuba and the United States.
Fidel Castro
Which of the following nations did the U.S. aid during the Vietnam War?
France and South Vietnam
Classified U.S. government study that revealed American leaders involved the United States in Vietnam without fully informing the American people; leaked to the New York Times in 1971.
Pentagon Papers
political leaders twisting the facts about the Vietnam War.
Credibility gap
*media played an important role in reporting the facts.
President Johnson's Economic Opportunity Act was also called...
"War on Poverty"
What was the goal of North Vietnam?
To unite with South Vietnam as one communist country.
Where were antiwar protestors killed by National Guardsmen in 1970?
Kent State University in Ohio
He led North Vietnam's fight to reunify North and South Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
What was the South Vietnamese Communists called that formed a revolutionary army?
Vietcong
What did President Johnson's "Great Society" programs include?
Medicaid and Medicare
What was the capital of South Vietnam?
Saigon
In 1961, 1,400 anti-Castro exiles trained by the CIA landed on the south shore of Cuba in a failed attempt to get power from Castro.
Bay of Pigs
What Act in 1973 limited the ability of the President to intervene militarily without the approval of Congress?
War Powers Act
Communist assault on a large number of South Vietnamese cities in early 1968.
Tet Offensive
After an "alleged" attack on two U.S. naval destroyers stationed off the coast of Vietnam in 1964 this launched America’s full-scale involvement in the Vietnam War.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Who assassinated Kennedy in Dallas and what year?
Lee Harvey Oswald 1963
What was the cease-fire agreement with North Vietnam that would have the withdrawal of U.S. troops?
Paris Peace Accords