Dear America Letters Home from Vietnam – Flashcards

Joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in direct response to a minor naval engagement known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia.

Vietnamese nationalist and communist whose defeat of the French led to calls for American military intervention in Vietnam

Anti-communist leader who set up a Pro-American govt to block Ho Chi Minh's expected takeover of all Vietnam

American General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak from 1964 to 1968

A group of Communist guerrillas who, with the help of North Vietnam, fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War. AKA the National Liberation Front

The fortress in Vietnam where French forces were trapped and eventually surrendered in March 1954

1923. Awarded 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to end Vietnam War and withdrawing American forces. Heavily involved in South American politics as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State. Condoned covert tactics to prevent communism and facism from spreading throughout South America.

1968, in which American troops had brutally massacred innocent women and children in the village of My Lai, also led to more opposition to the war.

A student riot was shot upon, killing 3-4, in Kentucky. Riot in response to war in Vietnam

Military strategy in which an army does not engage the enemy head on

Was held in Chicago. Purpose was to elect a suitable nominee to run as the Democratic Party's choice for prez in the 1968 election. Events that led to convention were: assassination of Martin Luther King and JFK. Riots broke out from Anti-Vietnam war protestors during the time of the convention. These riots turned into bloody battles after the Chicago police tried to stop the protestors. Democrats settled on Hubert Humphrey but lost to Richard Nixon. Shows a large split in the party over the Vietnam War.

A 20th Century Foreign Policytheory, promoted by the government of the United States that speculated if one land in a region came under the influence of Communists, then more would follow in a domino