Vietnamese Independence
This country occupied Indochina after WWII
What is France?
The government of North Vietnam
What is communism?
Diem was this religion
What is Catholicism?
The American citizens did NOT support this
What is the American involvement in the Vietnam War?
The winning side of the Vietnam War
What is North Vietnam?
The Vietnamese Communist Party
What is the Vietminh?
The capital of South Vietnam
What is Saigon?
This was formed after Diem's death
What is the Vietcong?
JFK asked Diem to do this
What is stepping down from power?
Nixon's plan to have South Vietnam take control over the conflict
What is Vietnamization?
Vietnam wanted this from France
What is independence?
The leader of North Vietnam (Vietminh)
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Diem's own military did this to him
What is execution?
Johnson sent this many troops to Vietnam
What is thousands?
American soldiers shot everyone in the village of My Lai looking for the Vietcong
What is the My Lai Massacre?
America supported this country when Vietnam was demanding independence against France
What is France?
The supporting country of South Vietnam
What is the United States?
Diem did this to Buddhists
What is persecution?
A brief confrontation between U.S and North Vietnamese warships
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
Richard Nixon's plan to get more support for the war
What is opening the draft to college students?
This country occupied Indochina during WWII
What is Japan?
The supporting country of North Vietnam
What is Communist China?
This created great instability in South Vietnam
What is Diem's rise and fall?
JFK sent this to South Vietnam
What is money and military advisors?
North and South Vietnam immediately did this after American withdrawal
What is going to war?