Vietnam War Vocab Test Questions – Flashcards
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Domino Theory
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A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.
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Geneva Accords
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A 1954 peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956
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Viet Cong
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A Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.
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National Liberation Front
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Political organization of the Viet Cong
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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1964 Congressional resolution authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam
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Land Mine
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an explosive device planted in the ground
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Saturation Bombing
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The dropping of a large concentration of bombs over a certain area
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Fragmentation Bombing
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a type of bomb that, upon explosion, causes pieces of thick metal casings to be thrown in all directions
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Agent Orange
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a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas
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Napalm
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A jellied gasoline used for bombs
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Escalation
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policy of increasing military involvement in Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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A network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam
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Hawks
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Americans who supported the Vietnam War.
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Doves
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Americans who opposed the Vietnam War.
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Tet Offensive
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This attack on U.S. forces by Vietnamese communists in 1968 made Americans realize that the U.S. was not close to winning the war in Vietnam.
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Paris Peace Talks
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Negotiations between the US and the North Vietnam, beginning in 1968. Failed to produce an agreement
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Vietnamization
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A war policy in Vietnam initiated by Nixon in June of 1969. This strategy called for dramatic reduction of U.S. troops followed by an increased injection of S. Vietnamese troops in their place. A considerable success, this plan allowed for a drop in troops to 24,000 by 1972. . This policy became the cornerstone of the so-called "Nixon Doctrine". As applied to Vietnam, it was labeled "Vietnamization".
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Silent Majority
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A phrase used to describe people, whatever their economic status, who uphold traditional values, especially against the counterculture of the 1960s
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POWs
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Prisoners of War
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MIAs
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Missing in Action
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Vietminh
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An organization of Vietnamese Communists and other nationalist groups that between 1946 and 1954 fought for Vietnamese independence from the French