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Why did the United States join the Vietnam war?
To enforce the policy of containment.
Who created the policy of Vietnamization?
President Nixon.
What is the Domino Theory?
A triggering event that will cause a chain reaction of occurances, inevitably landing somewhere undesriable.
Example: United States believed in this concept with the spread of communism.
Who were the United States fighting?
Southern Vietnamese
What advantage did the Southern VIetnamese have against the United States:
Guerilla warfare/ Home advantage.
Who created the policy of containment?
President Truman.
What is Guerilla Warfare?
Basically a hit and run tactic invented by the vietnamese.
Who protested against the Vietnam war.
The American public.
Why was the Tet Offensive issued?
In hope of obtaining a victory that would end the grinding conflict that frustrated military leaders on either side of the wars.
Who was the prime minister of Northern Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
What is the Policy of Containment?
A policy to ensure communism stayed in one place.
Who (Which side) Organized the Tet Offensive?
What countries supported The Northern Vietnamese in Dien Bien Phu?
Soviet and China.
Who was the prime minister of the Southern Vietnamese?
Ngo Dinh Diem.
What is the Viet Cong?
A communist movement and united front organization in South Vietnam, it fought under the direction of North Vietnam against the South Vietnamese and United States governments during the Vietnam War.
Who was the president the war ended with?
How did American public react to the Vietnam war? Did they approve of the war?
No, they responded with protests and riots.
What authority figure organized the Tet Offensive and his main motive was hope to obtain independence for his country?
Ho Chi Minh
What is Vietnamization?
A policy created to withdraw soldiers from vietnam in order to slowly kill the war.
Who was defeated in Dien Bien Phu?
The French.