Build Up
The US was trying to prevent this from taking over Vietnam and SE Asia.
What is communism?
The President who escalated the Vietnam conflict.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
The primary enemy of the US in Vietnam; specialized in jungle warfare.
Who is the Viet Cong?
This year is considered one of the most turmultuous in American history; saw the assassinations of MLK & RFK; riots in Chicago and the election of Richard Nixon.
What is 1968?
What is the Woodstock Music Festival?
The idea that when one country fell to communism, all the countries around it would also fall.
What is domino theory?
Incident that led to Vietnam escalation; later evidence showed the government lied about several aspects of this event.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
Chemical agent used by the US military to destroy Vietnamese jungles.
What is Agent Orange?
Incident in 1970 wherein four students were killed by the Ohio National Guard during an anti-war protest.
What is the Kent State Shooting/Massacre?
The growing divide between the young Boomers and their parents.
What is the generation gap?
The country supported by the United States during the Vietnam War.
What is South Vietnam?
In order to meet troop requirements in Vietnam, the government used this.
What is the draft?
Considered the turning point of the war, the US and South Vietnam fought off a massive attack from the enemy after the Chinese new year.
What is the Tet Offensive?
Nixon's policy for transffering responsibility for fighting the war to South Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
The average age of the Vietnam serviceman/woman.
What is 19?
The country that colonized Vietnam prior to American involvement in Vietnam.
What is France?
Congress agreed to give the President extaordinary war powers to escalate the Vietnam War without declaring war.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
An incident wherein a company of American soldiers massacred the population of a Vietnamese village killing up to 500 civilians.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
This bombshell report was published despite Nixon's attempt to cover them up; showed that the US government had been lying about Vietnam for two decades.
What is the Pentagon Papers?
Began in the 60s; Included left wing students, rock n' rollers, Hippies, anti-war protesters, civil rights activists, and many young people; rejected traditional values, were anti-war, anti-racist.
What is the counter culture?
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Passed after the war to avoid another Vietnam, this heavily limited the presidents ability to escalate conflicts without the approval of Congress.
What is the War Powers Act of 1973?
The fear of being drawn into another "unwinnable" war following the failure of Vietnam.
What is "Vietnam" Syndrome?
The nickname for the Vietnam War due to the important role played by the media.
What is the "Living Room" War?
The space in between what Americans were being told about the war by the governement and what they were seeing on television.
What is the credibility gap?