Vocab
I am the idea that if a Nation falls to Communist control, nearby nations will fall to communist control as well
Domino theory
I was a German-born political scientist; I was an important foreign policy advisor during the 1960's and 1970's. I won the Nobel Prize for Peace for negotiating the cease-fire agreement that ended the Vietnam War.
Henry Kissinger
Khmer Rouge invaded me and tried to turn me into a peasant society
Cambodia
what year was Vietnamese independence declared?
1945
effect: lost all support and resigned from presidential race
Event: Johnson's poor showing in New Hampshire
I am President Nixon’s strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, involving the gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops and their replacement with South Vietnamese forces.
Vietnamization
I was the secretary of state from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson; I advised Johnson on U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Dean Rusk
I am a network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh Trail
when were the Geneva accords approved?
1954
Effect: Left Vietcong with 32,000 dead soldiers and U.S. and Vietnam with 3,000 dead soldiers
Event: Tet offensive
I am a 7,000-page document—leaked to the press in 1971 by the former Defense Department worker Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon Papers
I was a Vietnamese revolutionary leader and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945 to 1969; I wanted to bring communism to South Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
I am where the national guardsmen opened fire on protesting students and killed four and left nine wounded.
Kent State University
what year were more than 200 unarmed civilians, including women and children, were massacred by U.S. troops in My Lai
1968
Effect: Left Americans horrified and confused
Event: My Lai massacre
I am a youth-dominated political movement of the 1960s, embodied in such organizations as Students for a Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement.
New Left
I was a Vietnamese political leader; I became president of South Vietnam in 1955. I was assassinated in 1963.
Ngo Dinh Diem
I am the site of a battle between the French and the Vietminh in 1954; the French lost the battle and control of Vietnam.
Dien Bien Phu
Kennedy and diem were assassinated what year?
1963
Effect: Violence ripped through more than 180 U.S. cities
Event: Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
I am a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts.
Napalm
I took over power in Cambodia and tried to turn it into a peasant society
Khmer Rouge
I am a village in northern South Vietnam where more than 200 unarmed civilians, including women and children, were massacred by U.S. troops in May 1968.
My Lai
when did the last american troops leave Vietnam?
1973
Effect: Left a Negative image of the democratic party and lead the Republican presidential candidate to victory
Event: Disorder at the Democratic National Convention