People/Results
President that escalated conflict in Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin incident
Lyndon B. Johnson
When North Vietnamese ships torpedoed American ships
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
How did young men protest conscription (the draft)?
Burning draft cards
One policy that led to US intervention in Vietnam?
Containment
President that pulled US troops out of Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Term for what is caused because what the President/Government says is not what is actually happening
Credibility Gap
3 Day festival of Love, Peace and Rock and Roll
Woodstock
One fear that leads to US involvement in Vietnam?
Domino Theory
Vietnam War hero, received Medal of Honor for getting trapped troops to safety despite being heavily wounded himself
Roy Benavidez
Event that led to the end of the Vietnam War (think what happened after American troops left)
Fall of Saigon
This caused more people to protest the war (first televised war)
Media Coverage
This lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
26th Amendment
Why did the Vietnamese Civil War begin?
North Vietnam wanted to reunite the country under communism
Process of withdrawing American troops from Vietnam so the S. Vietnamese can take over fighting
Vietnamization
One devastating event/result of anti war protests was the...
Kent State Shooting/Massacre
Congress gives war authority to President LBJ under this policy (bad idea, Executive is now strongest branch
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
End result for Vietnam after the war
Reunited under communism
Surprise attack of S. Vietnamese cities during holiday, showed Americans that the US was not fulfilling containment goals
Tet Offensive
Court case that declared students have free speech UNLESS it disrupts the learning process
Tinker v Des Moines
This gives war authority back to Congress (Exec. branch goes back to normal power)
War Powers Act/Resolution