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Ch.21.1 "Early Conflicts in Vietnam"
Ch. 21.2 " The Escalation of the War"
Ch.21.3 " A Divided Nation"
Ch. 21.4 "The War Under Nixon"
Vietnam Vocabulary
100
Ho Chi Minh declared this country independent in 1945.
What was the Democratic Republic of Vietnam?
100
It gave Johnson the power to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against U.S. forces, allowed him to greatly increase U.S. forces in Vietnam, and it was rushed through Congress.
What is the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
100
" I think defeating communism abroad is our top priority?" was an example of the way this group of people in the U.S. thought.
What is a hawk?
100
A black granite wall engraved with the names of the dead and missing from the war in Vietnam, located in Washington D.C.
What is the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial?
100
President Eisenhower promoted this belief that if one county in southeast Asia became communist, other countries would rapidly follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
200
He was the first American president to send personnel to Vietnam.
Who is President Eisenhower?
200
This statistic added to the drop in public support for the war in Vietnam during the 1960's.
What is the death of over 300 soldiers a week?
200
Students joined the Students for a Democratic Society, in 1965 many students joined a 20,000 strong protest march on Washington, and by the end of 1968, protests had been held on 75% of college campuses.
What did college students do to try to change government policy?
200
This group killed over 2 million people in Cambodia in an effort to eradicate supposed enemies of communism.
What is the Khmer Rouge?
200
This legislation required the president to get Congressional approval before committing U.S. troops to an armed struggle.
What is the War Powers Act?
300
What battle led to the French leaving Vietnam?
What is Dien Bien Phu?
300
This U.S. policy designed to protect South Vietnamese villagers in specific areas often exposed the villagers to night attacks by the Vietcong.
What is pacification?
300
This Republican won the 1968 presidential election because many people feared continued protests and unrest.
Who is Richard Nixon?
300
When fighting broke out between North and South Vietnam in 1974 the U.S. honored this agreement by not sending troops to support South Vietnam.
What is the Paris Peace Accords?
300
Ho Chi Minh's nationalist force created to rid Vietnam of imperialist forces.
What is the Vietminh?
400
A brutal and dishonest regime supported by the United States during the 1950's.
What is the government of South Vietnam?
400
Johnson's policy of increased involvement in the war in Vietnam.
What is escalation?
400
During this event, angry debates broke out in the meeting, riots broke out in Grant Park, and it illustrated the loss of control in politics and society.
What is the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago?
400
Nixon's policy of gradually turning over the fighting to the South Vietnamese.
What is Vietnamization?
400
International peace conference that divided Vietnam into North and South.
What is the Geneva Accords?
500
What year were North and South Vietnam formed?
What is 1954?
500
The years of President Johnson's terms in office.
What is 1963 to 1968?
500
This Communist attack on targets in South Vietnam was a military failure, but a public relations victory because it was responsible for a further lowering U.S. public support for the Vietnam war.
What is the Tet Offensive?
500
This lowered the voting age to 18, which many thought was fair because young men were being drafted at 18.
What is 26th Amendment?
500
This agreement called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and the return or American POW's.
What is the Paris Peace Accords?