US-History Chapter 30 – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
Ho Chi Minh
answer
Vietnams Ruler who was a communist
question
Vietminh
answer
an organization of Vietnamese Communists and other nationalist groups that between 1946 and 1954 fought for Vietnamese independence from French
question
domino theory
answer
the idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control
question
Dien Bien Phu
answer
French Outpost which got overran by Vietminh in 1954
question
Ganeva Accords
answer
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
question
Ngo Dinh Diem
answer
South Vietnams president, strong anti-Communist
question
Vietcong
answer
the South Vietnamese Communists who, with North Vietnamese support, fought against the government of South Vietnam in the Vietnam war
question
Ho Chi Minh Trail
answer
a network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam
question
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
answer
a resolution adopted by Congress in 1964, giving the president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam
question
Robert McNamara
answer
secretary of defense
question
Dean Rusk
answer
Secretary of state
question
William Westmoreland
answer
a General in South Vietnam
question
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
answer
the southern Vietnamese soldiers with whom US troops fought against communism and forces in the North during the Vietnam War
question
napalm
answer
a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that US planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts
question
Agent Orange
answer
a toxic leaf-killing chemical sprayed by the US planes in Vietnam to expose Vietcong hideouts
question
search-and-destroy mission
answer
a US military raid on the South Vietnamese village, intended to root out villagers with ties to the Vietcong but often resulting in the destruction of the village and the displacement of its inhabitants
question
credibility gap
answer
a public distrust of statements made by the government
question
draft
answer
required enrollment in the armed services
question
New Left
answer
youth dominated political movement of the 1960s embodied in such organizations as Students Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement
question
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
answer
an antiestablishment New Left group, founded in 1960, that called for greater individual freedom and responsibility
question
hawk
answer
a person who supported US involvement in the Vietnam War and believed that the US should use increased military force to win
question
dove
answer
a person who opposed the Vietnam War and believed that the US should withdraw from it
question
Tet offensive
answer
a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities early in 1968
question
Clark Clifford
answer
a friend and supporter of the president´s Vietnam policy
question
Robert Kennedy
answer
John F. Kennedy´s brother and a senator from New York
question
Eugene McCarthy
answer
Senator in Minnesota
question
Hupert Humphrey
answer
Johnson´s vice-president
question
George Wallace
answer
Former Alabama governor as third party candidate in the election against nixon
question
Richard Nixon
answer
Got elected as president in 1969
question
Henry Kissinger
answer
national Security Adviser
question
Vietnamization
answer
president Nixon´s strategy for ending US involvement in the Vietnam War, involving the gradual withdrawal of US troop and their replacement with South Vietnamese forces
question
silent majority
answer
a name given by president Richard Nixon to moderate, mainstream Americans who quietly supported his Vietnam war policies
question
My Lai
answer
a village in northern South Vietnam where more than 200 unarmed civilians, including women and children, were massacred by US troops in May 1968
question
Kent State university
answer
an Ohio university where national Guardsmen opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War on May 4, 1970, wounding nine and killing four
question
Pentagon Papers
answer
a 7000-page document - leaked to the press in 1971 by the former Defense Department worker Daniel Ellsberg - revealing that the US government had not been honest about its intentions in the Vietnam war
question
War powers act (WPA)
answer
a law enacted in 1973, limiting a presidents right to send troops into battle without consulting Congress
