question

Domino Theory

answer

the fear if one country fall to communism, they will all fall

question

Ho Chi Minh

answer

Communist leader of north vietnam

question

Ngo Dinh Diem

answer

South Vietnam non-Communist leader

question

Vietcong

answer

Communist guerilla forces

question

Tet Offensive

answer

1968 attack by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces throughout South Vietnam

question

Ho Chi Minh Trail

answer

Network Of Jungle Paths From North Vietnam Through Laos And Cambodia And Into South Vietnam; Served As The Major Supply Route For The Vietcong

question

Lyndon B. Johnson

answer

President after JFK, got the US involved in Vietnam

question

Operation Rolling Thunder

answer

A series of bombing attacks to destroy war industries in vietnam

question

Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution

answer

Gave the US President permission to take necassary measures to stop and push back any attack on the US

question

Search And Destroy Missions

answer

US patrols searched for hidden emeny camps the destryed them with massive fire power and air raids

question

Agent Orange

answer

Chemical used to protect vegetation from being destroyed by aircraft

question

Napalm

answer

Bomb chemicals that caught fire when bombs were dropped

question

Bouncing Betty

answer

Mine that "bounced" up, slicing who ever stepped on it and exploding in the air

question

My Lai Massacre

answer

US troops massacred North Viatnamese villagersfor hiding the Vietcong

question

Tet Offensive

answer

Attack lead by the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong leader against South Vietnam

question

Draft Dogers

answer

People who moved to Canada or out of the country to avoid the war

question

Hippies

answer

People who protested the war, believed in "peace and love"

question

Doves

answer

Americans who opposed the Vietnam War, called for US removal from Vietnam

question

Hawks

answer

Those who supported the Vietnam War

question

Democratic Convention Of 1968

answer

Poeple who protested the war outside the Democratic Convention

question

Kent State Protests

answer

Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia started riots at Kent State. The students attacked a military building. The government sent in the National Gaurd and 4 were killed and 14 wounded by tear gas.

question

Paris Peace Accord Of 1973

answer

Called for removal of all US troops and American POWs to be returned. Peace between North and South Vietnam.

question

Fall Of Saigon

answer

North Vietnamese and the Vietcong surrounded South Vietnamese in their capital, Saigon, and took it over.

question

vietcong

answer

the guerrilla soldiers of the Communist faction in Vietnam, also known as the National Liberation Front

question

coup

answer

a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group

question

search-and-destroy mission

answer

a strategy used in Vietnam in which American forces sought Vietcong and North Vietnamese units to destroy them

question

counterculture

answer

a social movement whose values go against those of established society

question

deferment

answer

an excuse, issued by the draft board, that lets a person be excused from military service for various reasons

question

credibility gap

answer

lack of belief; term used to describe the lack of trust in the Johnson administration's statements about the Vietnam War

question

silent majority

answer

the phrase used by Nixon to describe the majority of Americans, those who did not protest or demonstrate

question

Vietnamization

answer

Nixon's policy that called for South Vietnam to take a more active role in fighting the war and for Americans to become less involved

question

martial law

answer

the law applied by military forces in occupied territory or in an emergency

question

Hanoi

answer

capital of North Vietnam

question

Saigon

answer

capital of South Vietnam

question

Ho Chi Minh

answer

Communist leader of North Vietnam

question

Ngo Dinh Diem

answer

Western-educated leader of South Vietnam

question

National Liberation Front

answer

the guerrilla soldiers of the Communist faction in Vietnam, also known as the Vietcong

question

Lyndon Johnson

answer

president of the US during the major escalation of US involvement in Vietnam

question

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

answer

Alleged North Vietnamese attack on American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin, led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, an alleged attack by N. Vietnamese Navy on US destroyers which led Pres. Johnson to order a direct bombing attack on North Vietnam(most historians now believe there was no attack)

question

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

answer

gave Johnson congressional approval to "take all necessary measures to repel an armed attack against...the US."

question

Ho Chi Minh Trail

answer

supply route that ran from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia to South Vietnam

question

Operation Rolling Thunder

answer

massive bombing campaign unleashed on North Vietnam

question

conscientious objectors

answer

opponents of the war who objected based on moral or religious beliefs

question

Tet offensive

answer

North Vietnamese attack on several South Vietnamese cities and military bases during the Tet Holiday

question

Robert F. Kennedy

answer

JFK's younger brother who was assassinated while campaigning for president in 1968

question

George Wallace

answer

Former Alabama governor and third party candidate for president in 1968, he was a "law and order" candidate

question

Richard Nixon

answer

Republican candidate who won the election of 1968. He promised "peace with honor" and law and order; he appealed to the "silent majority"

question

Kent State

answer

Place of violent protests; turned deadly when students were shot by national guard troops

question

Paris Peace Accords

answer

peace agreement reluctantly accepted by South Vietnam; US pulled remaining troops out of Vietnam

question

Ho Chi Minh

answer

leader of Communist North Vietnam

question

Vietcong

answer

A group of Communist guerrillas who, with the help of North Vietnam, fought against the South Vietnamese government and the United States in the Vietnam War.

question

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

answer

A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 which gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson the power to send troops to Vietnam WITHOUT a formal declaration of war by Congress.

question

Domino Theory

answer

Political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control. then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control. LBJ used this to justify increasing US involvement in Vietnam.

question

Operation Rolling Thunder

answer

a massive aerial bombing campaign waged by the US against North Vietnam in the Vietnam War

question

Agent Orange

answer

a herbicide dropped by US warplanes in the Vietnam War to destroy jungle cover; resulted in long-term harm to Vietnamese as well as US troops.

question

Napalm

answer

Highly flammable chemical (jellied gasoline) dropped from US planes in firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War.

question

Robert McNamara

answer

Secretary of Defense under JFK & LBJ; expanded American involvement in Vietnam

question

General William Westmoreland

answer

The commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam

question

Selective Service System

answer

The system used in the United States to draft young people into armed service, including the Vietnam War.

question

Tet Offensive

answer

1968 attack by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces throughout South Vietnam, eventually pushed back by US forces, but resulted in widespread anger/disillusion at home

question

My Lai Incident

answer

Village in South Vietnam where more than 300 unarmed civilians, including women and children, were massacred by US troops in May 1968.

question

Vietnamization

answer

President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S involvement in the Vietnam War; involved a gradual withdrawal of American troops and allowing the South Vietnamese to fight for themselves.

question

Cambodia/Laos

answer

Nixon's "secret war" in Vietnam as he continued to bomb communist targets in the neighboring countries of Cambodia and Laos after major American troop withdrawals in 1973.

question

Kent State

answer

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

Secret government documents published In 1971; revealed that the U.S. government had misled Americans about the Vietnam War.

question

NY Times vs. US

answer

Supreme Court ruling in 1971 that newspapers cannot be censored by the government if there is no threat to national security.

question

26th Amendment

answer

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18

question

Paris Peace Accords

answer

1973 peace agreement between the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Vietcong.

question

War Powers Act

answer

Law meant to take back Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Any president was now required to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops and had to gain congressional approval to keep troops deployed for more than 90 days.

question

Fall of Saigon

answer

Marked the end of the Vietnam War in April, 1975. North Vietnamese invaded South Vietnam and captured the capital of Saigon, renaming it Ho Chi Minh City.

question

John F. Kennedy

answer

US Prez who authorized the assassination of the South Vietnamese dictator, Ngo Dinh Diem

question

Lyndon Baines Johnson

answer

US Prez who increased US involvement in Vietnam using the Domino Theory as justification; lost popularity at home because of his inability to bring about an end to the war.

question

Richard Nixon

answer

US Prez who withdrew US troops from Vietnam under the policy of VIetnamization; continued a "secret war" in Cambodia and Laos, said he had brought "peace with honor" through the Paris Peace Accords in 1973.

question

Geneva Accords

answer

1954 agreement to split Vietnam in half and then reunite the country later through national elections

question

Domino Theory

answer

Idea that if you let one country fall to communism, other countries nearby might also turn communist. Led to increased US involvement in Vietnam!

question

U.S.S. Maddox

answer

used as a surveillance against N. Vietnamese; "attacked" in the Gulf of Tonkin by NLF; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution comes from attack; attack was claimed to be unprovoked when it actually was

question

Oplan 34-A

answer

called for increased covert operations against N. Vietnamese; planning actually began 3 months before "attacks" on U.S.S. Maddox

question

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

answer

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a 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.

question

Duong Van Minh

answer

led the S. Vietnamese army under Diem, but later became leader of S. Vietnam after Diem is assassinated

question

Nguyen Khanh

answer

Launches the first coup in '64 to replace Duong Van Minh

question

Robert McNamara

answer

The US Secretary of Defense during the battles in Vietnam; tells the US Senate that "Gulf of Tonkin was unprovoked"; helps LeMay with bombing plans; he was the architech for the Vietnam war and promptly resigned after the US lost badly

question

Maxwell Taylor

answer

was sent to Saigon to become the Am. Ambassador in '64; says we need to elevate and take the war into N. Vietnam

question

McGeorge Bundy

answer

helps create "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution"; was an avid supporter for more bombing in Vietnam

question

George Ball

answer

assistant Sec. of State; challenges bombing plans; though bombing would erode Am. credibility (big vs. little)

question

Strategic Air Power

answer

the idea that you could destroy its economic and military infrastructure; the goal was not to destroy N. Vietnam but to give support to the S.; bombing proved to not be accurate enough

question

General Curtis LeMay

answer

chief of staff of Air Force; his team targeted 94 viable, strategically important targets hoping to slow the flow of weapons from N. to S. to boost morale

question

NSAM 273

answer

LBJ signs this memorandum and sought the independence of Vietnam; basically said that the US was going to support the S. Vietnamese

question

"The Concept"

answer

the use of Am. firepower and technological advances (helicopters and armored vehicles); used the concept of "search-and-destroy"

question

Ia Drang

answer

was a critical location of NLF and NVA; planned to use "the concept" to destroy them

question

General William C. Westmoreland

answer

commands and has full authority of military forces in S. Vietnam; embraces "the concept"; decides that this needs to be a war of ATTRITION; would count bodies and constantly needed more troops; was declared "Man of the Year" by TIME

question

"search-and-destory"

answer

a part of "the concept"; ground soldiers would land via helicopters, search for the enemy and destroy them and then leave; this was supposed to counter guerilla warfare

question

Honolulu Conference

answer

Westmoreland, Ky, Thieu and LBJ meet in Hawii; LBJ speaks to the idea of "pacification" but no one else likes the idea

question

Ky

answer

believes that the US is totally behind all of his decisions; became concerned about the northern generals turning on him; becomes Thieu's running mate in the '67 election

question

Thieu

answer

becomes legitimate, democratic, freely elected leader of S. Vietnam w/ Ky after the '67 election; tries to delay negotiations in '68 in order to build his government; very resistant to the idea of 1 government for Vietnam; when US begins to back out he continues to talk **** because Nixon promised him support no matter what but Congress says no

question

Cedar Falls

answer

"the concept" was used; surround area with Am. troops to stop exit; destroy interior with bombs so the NLF have no place to hide; send Am. soldiers to destroy remaining enemies

question

Iron Triangle

answer

term used by political scientists to describe the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, bureaucracy, and interest groups; basically a system of checks

question

Operation Junction City

answer

airborne operation in hopes of clearing People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN and Vietcong)

question

Students for a Democratic Society

answer

question the governments decisions; represented the "new left"

question

Speech at Riverside Baptist Church

answer

MLK speaks out against the war for the first time; says that racism, economic rights and international policy are all still ******

question

National Mobilization Committee

answer

short-lived coalition of antiwar activists to organize large demonstrations in opposition to the Vietnam War

question

Senator John Stennis

answer

chair of arms service committee; southern democrat; needed by LBJ to move forward w/ the Great Society; thought The Great Society should be put aside in order to win in Vietnam

question

Selective Service

answer

men had to register within 30 days of turning 18 to become eligible for the draft

question

1967 Election

answer

attempt by LBJ to quell some of the protest that had emerged in S. Vietnam by having an election; Thieu and Ky on the ticket and only win 35% of the majority

question

The "Wise Men"

answer

LBJ assembles this group in hopes of putting a positive spin on the war; Westmoreland is asked to come back to speak out about the success; assembled again in '68 and tell LBJ to deescalate in Vietnam

question

Henry Kissinger

answer

a part of Nixon's foreign policy team (just him and Nixon); came up with "linkage" with Nixon (improve relationships with China and SU); rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize for coming up with the Paris Agreement w/ Tho

question

The McNamara Line

answer

line between N. and S. that included heavy surveillance and bombing; used chemical defoliants to destroy cover and identify base camps; created with the help of Westmoreland

question

Tet Offensive

answer

Giap makes plans for a series of attacks, everywhere, at the same moment, same day, widespread across S. Vietnam; would prove to be a huge psychological victory for N. Vietnamese; US retaliation is a success but can't hold their ground (forces LBJ to reconsider Am.'s position in Vietnam

question

Khe Sanh

answer

on the border of Laos; will acquire national attention because there will be a battle there; Westmoreland built up US presence; Giap tries to make the US think they are preparing for battle there when really they are preparing for the Tet Offensive

question

Averill Harriman

answer

LBJ appoints to start negotiations w/ N. Vietnam; sent to Paris '68; his leverage is that the bombing has only been partially halted

question

Cyrus Vance

answer

appointed by LBJ to start negotiations w/ N. Vietnam; lawyer who serves as a US delagate; believed that constant and steady negotiations was best; did not like the use of military mite to solve conflicts

question

Hubert Humphrey

answer

present during the S. Vietnamese formal inauguration of Ky and Thieu; returns to Washington and asks why why are even involved in Vietnam; wants bombing halted completely

question

Provisional Revolutionary Government

answer

created in '71 by N. Vietnamese to fill the void of President Thieu; would be the political power in the S. (would wait until Thieu is gone)

question

Eugene McCarthy

answer

advocating for bombing to halt and is the peace candidate for the democratic nomination

question

General Creighton Adams

answer

assumes leadership of US forces once Westmoreland leaves and says that US is going to halt some of its bombing; takes a more assertive stance after the Tet Offensive

question

Anna Chennault

answer

sent by Nixon to go to the S. Vietnamese Ambassador to try and et him to delay the negotiation process

question

Richard Nixon

answer

takes office '69; was told that it would take 8 more years to end the war; says he appeals to the "silent majority"; sees that the US is losing this battle so he scales back the number of troops and moves to a lottery instead of a draft

question

Operation Menu

answer

covert air bombing of Cambodia ('69); attacked PAVN and NLF bases (killed over 600,000 but was still not effective)

question

Pol Pot

answer

overthrows the government of Nol; not willing to align himself with the communist movement of Vietnam; wants to distance himself from the Vietnamese (kills millions of Cambodians); attacks Vietnam during the aftermath of the Vietnam War; he will be overthrown in '79; is supported by China because Vietnam has strengthened its relations with SU (China wants to see Vietnam defeated, so does Pol Pot)

question

General Lon Nol

answer

general of Cambodia; says he will support the US and fight the NLF

question

Nixon Doctrine

answer

said that the S. Vietnamese will have to do their own fighting but they will be financially backed by the US

question

Linkage

answer

Nixon and Kissinger think the best way to end Vietnamese conflict is to improve relationships with China and SU; these countries could put pressure on Vietnam because they supported them

question

Silent Majority

answer

the people who didn't attend the demonstrations; Nixon calls them out as being on his side; these people were shadowed by the media

question

National Moratorium

answer

organized by the antiwar movement in Oct. '69; stops activity once a month; basically a national sit-in

question

Pentagon Papers

answer

a published history of top secret documents of the US's political-military involvement in Vietnam; published in the New York Times

question

The White House Special Investigations Unit

answer

its task was to stop leaking top secret classified information to the news

question

Lam Son 719

answer

sends ARVN forces into Laos (badly defeated); sent to destroy N. Vietnamese supply build up in Laos; Am. helicopter pilots were used to transport ARVN troops

question

Le Duc Tho

answer

talks with Kissinger in Paris about a peace agreement; Thieu is not a part of these discussions; was rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize but does not accept it

question

Easter Offensive

answer

('72) N. Vietnamese decide that they will launch the offensive that they have ben planning before the relations with China and US are solidified; largest offensive, capture territory below the 17th parallel in an attempt to beat ARVN; Nixon responds with Operation Linebacker

question

Christmas Bombing

answer

was the nickname for Operation Linebacker II; a continuation of Op. LB but was done over Christmas and with B-52's instead of precision air strikes

question

1973 Paris Peace Agreement

answer

supposed to bring an end to the war; US, N. Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam and Provisional Revolutionary Government (represent the indigenous S. Vietnamese revolutionaries) all sign and agree; calls for a cease fire; provided for the final draw down of Am. forces from S. Vietnam; all participants recognized that Vietnam was a single country; total withdraw of US forces upon return of POW's

question

National Council of Reconciliation and Concord

answer

entities would decide on the political process of reunification; the political process will be resolved down the road

question

"Third Indochina War"

answer

it was believed that the 3rd Indochina war would erupt after the Paris Peace Agreement was signed; more war would occur between the N. and S.

question

POW/MIA

answer

as a part of the Paris Peace Agreement, all POW's must be returned before Am. soldiers would leave Vietnam

question

The War Powers Act

answer

passed by Congress, says that once the Pres. commits troops to combat, he would have 60 days and then he would have to go back to Congress to declare war

question

Liberated Zones

answer

as a part of the Paris Peace Agreement, provided temporary partition of S. Vietnamese between the "liberated zones" and the parts held by Pres. Thieu

question

The "Ho Chi Minh Campaign"

answer

the final offensive of the N. Vietnamese aimed at capturing the city of Saigon; Saigon is under siege; Theiu calls the US traitors and adamantly states that he would not enter into a coalition; final US evac '75 (Theiu flees the country to Taiwan); N. Vietnamese crash through S. Vietnamese gates to bring and end to the war

question

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

answer

in early '76, the country is reunified; previously known as the DRV

question

Chinese Expulsion

answer

China wants to destroy Vietnam (mainly because they are now associated with SU); Vietnamese gov. expel thousands of Chinese because Vietnam sees them as a threat; China retaliates after seeing this

question

Sino-Vietnam Border Dispute

answer

China launches a series of clashes into N. Vietnam; Chinese forces are sent across the Vietnam border

question

New Economic Areas

answer

S. Vietnam primarily used for agriculture; N. Vietnam would be industrial production; Vietnam becomes very isolated internationally (every bridge was destroyed)

question

Khmer Rouge

answer

name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Cambodia); led by Pol Pot

question

Democratic People's Republic of Kampuchea

answer

Pol Pot's general and commander flee to the western region of Cambodia and try to wage war against the DPRK who are pro-Vietnamese; comes about after Pol Pot is defeated

question

Jimmy Carter

answer

elected in '76 to bring greater morality to US policies; though that the US should start to give more respect to other countries (giving the Panama Canal to Panama); becomes inner turmoil of Iran (US needs the oil); cannot save the US hostages in Iran Crisis (rendered as ineffective by Am. public)

question

Zbigniew Brzezinski

answer

NSC advisor (thinks that SU is a threat); Carter will lean towards agreeing w/ him

question

Carter Doctrine

answer

said the US had a national interest in the Persian Gulf and would defend and protect its interest in the region by Am. military force

question

"Freedom Fighters"

answer

represented the counter revolutionary perspective and the US wanted to support them

question

Mikhail Gorbachev

answer

saw and understood that Soviet expansion into Afghanistan threatened the US (eventually withdraws from Afghan and ends the Cold War)

question

UN Resolution 678

answer

Bush approached the UN and got this to build a coalition (Desert Storm) to prevent Iraqi's from invading Kuwait

question

Bush Doctrine

answer

attacks on Afghan to destroy sanctuaries of Taliban were unsuccessful; these attacks allowed the Bush administration to rethink their foreign policy and redefine how the US will use its power

question

Iraq Liberation Act (1998)

answer

used in '02 to argue for the authorization of military force against the Iraqi government

question

US Resolution 1441

answer

basically the last chance for Hussein to quit being an idiot

question

Importance of History

answer

all events are connected to a larger trajectory (you need to understand the history of the situation)

question

Arrogance of Power

answer

the idea that the US has the solution and that its power can be used to reach the outcomes that the US wants; believed that if they exerted its massive fire power, they could create a state in Vietnam

question

Clear, Well-Defined Goals

answer

in order to create a world that the US wants sacrifices need to be made; in order to truly reach stability and levels of peace in the world, willingness to compromise has to be a part of those efforts

question

Truman's foreign policy

answer

Containment

question

Eisenhower's foreign policy

answer

Domino Theory

question

Kennedy's foreign policy

answer

Flexible Response

question

Johnson's foreign policy

answer

Escalation

question

Nixon's foreign policy

answer

Vietnamization

question

Ford's foreign policy

answer

Fall of Saigon

question

Imperialism

answer

Practice of building an empire by founding colonies or conquering other nations

question

French Indochina

answer

A colony that neighbored Laos and Cambodia

question

Francis Garnier

answer

In 1873, he encouraged the French to colonize Southeast Asia for trade and to bring western life to other people

question

Ho Chi Minh

answer

Created Vietminh; Northern Vietnamese leader; Communist

question

Geneva Accords

answer

Temporarily divided Vietnam called free elections in 1956 to reunite Vietnam

question

National Liberation Front (NLF)

answer

Organization used to fight Ngo Dinh Diem's government

question

Vietcong

answer

Communist Guerilla Force that fought against the government of South Vietnam.

question

Army of the Republic of Vietnam

answer

An anti-communistic form of government that supported Diem and fought Vietcong

question

Ngo Dinh Diem

answer

Anti-communist that lead Southern Vietnam; Placed family in positions of power

question

The USA Supported...

answer

Southern Vietnam

question

What Happened to Diem?

answer

One of his own troopers tried to kill him

question

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

answer

Congressional measure that gave the president (Johnson) the authority to wage war in Vietnam

question

Operation Rolling Thunder

answer

A series of air strikes launched by the USA during the Vietnam war to destroy villages, or war industries in Vietnam

question

Nepalm

answer

Jellied gasoline used to destroy jungles (basicly melts everything it touches)

question

Agent Orange

answer

A poisen chemical that gave cancer

question

NVA

answer

North Vietnam Army assosiation

question

William Westmoreland

answer

Led US troops in Vietnam

question

Search-And-Destroy

answer

You search for something and then destroy it.

question

Pacification

answer

Policy where camps needed to be a safe civilation

question

Age of a US soldier

answer

19 or 21

question

Doves

answer

Wanted peace for the war

question

Hawks

answer

Wanted military to send more troops to Vietnam

question

Students for a Democratic Society

answer

Major anti-war group with many supporters

question

Tet Offensive

answer

A surprise attack on US forces

question

Henery Kissinger

answer

He created a policy to bring about "peace with honor" in a process callled Vietnamazation

question

Khmer Rouge

answer

Cambodian communist army

question

Kent State

answer

Ohio University students attaked a military training building and students threw rocks at soldires and tears gas

question

Pentagon Papers

answer

Showed US officials had beeen lying about the progress of the Vietnam war

question

26th Amendment

answer

Changed the voting age from 21 to 18

question

Paris Peace Accords

answer

Agreement from the NLF, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and USA to end the Vietnam war

question

MIA's

answer

Missing in action

question

War Powers Act

answer

Legislation that required the president to get congressional approval before comitting US troops to an armed struggle

question

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

answer

On Veterans day in 1982, it was dedicated to honor those who died in the war

question

Containment

answer

Wanted to stop the Soviet communism from expanding

question

Domino Theory

answer

The belief that if one nation in Southeast Asia fell to communism the rest would also fall

question

Flexible Response

answer

Policy of building up military forces and conventional weapons, thus providing more military options

question

Escalation

answer

Increase in troops

question

Vietnamization

answer

Plan to strengthen South Vietnamese, so we can pull out troops from Vietnam

question

Fall of Saigon

answer

Reunification of Vietnam under the communists after stroops fell out of Vietnam

question

Ho Chi Minh

answer

Means "He Who Enlightens" and Vietnamese communist statesman

question

Ngo Dinh Diem

answer

South Vietnam's non-Communist leader

question

Domino Theory

answer

The theory that if one country in southeast Asia falls to Communism, the rest will fall very quickly.

question

Vietcong

answer

Communists fighting against the South Vietnamese government

question

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

answer

This gave the president authority to take "all neccessary measure to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States."

question

Ho Chi Minh Trail

answer

A network of jungle paths connecting North and South Vietnam.

question

Students for Democratic Society

answer

A variety of civil rights pacifistic, religious student groups that shaped the anti-war movement.

question

Hawks

answer

Those who support war.

question

Doves

answer

Those who support peace.

question

Credibility Gap

answer

The gap between the Johnson Administration and the American public support.

question

Dien Bien Phu

answer

Where the French were defeated by the North Vietnamese.

question

General Westmoreland

answer

The commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam.

question

Guerilla War

answer

They savotaged people and then ran away.

question

Henry Kissinger

answer

The secretary of state for Nixon.

question

Kent State Shooting

answer

Incident in which National Guard troops fired at a group of students during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four people.

question

Pentagon Papers

answer

Historical account of the Vietnam War which was highly critical of the war.

question

Tet Offensive

answer

Surprise attacks on cities in South Vietnam on the Asian New Years Day.

question

Agent Orange

answer

A herbicide that is believe to have contaminated Americans and Vietnamese.

question

War Powers Act

answer

Act that granted emergency executive powers to the president to run the war effort.

question

Vietnamization

answer

Policy of equipping and training of the South Vietnamese to fight for themselves.

question

What is ecocide?

answer

Destruction of the environment due to the war.

question

What type of war was Vietnam before the US became involved?

answer

Civil or Dependent

question

Why did we become involved?

answer

To stop communism

question

Name 5 presidents that associated with war in Vietnam?

answer

Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon

question

What European country claimed Vietnam as a colony?

answer

France

question

What was the name for the french held area in South East Asia?

answer

Indochina

question

Name the leader of the forces to free Vietnam from France.

answer

Ho Chi Minh

question

What military group did he head?

answer

Vietminh

question

What was Dien Bien Phu?

answer

A French Fort

question

What type of warfare did Ho Chi Minh's forces practice?

answer

Gorrilla Warfare

question

Who were the Vietcong?

answer

South Vietnamese Communist

question

Name the first president to send troops to Vietnam.

answer

Johnson

question

What agreement divided Vietnam in half?

answer

The Geneva Accord

question

What was the dividing line?

answer

17th parallel

question

Name the man who headed the US military forces in Vietnam.

answer

Westmorland

question

What was the capital of South Vietnam?

answer

Saigon

question

What was the capital of North Vietnam?

answer

Hanoi

question

Who was the first leader of South Vietnam that the US supported? What happened to him?

answer

(Jim) assasinated

question

What was the National Liberation Front?

answer

Communist government in South Vietnam

question

What religious group was persecuted in South Vietnam?

answer

Buddhist

question

What was Operation Plan 34A?

answer

The secret plan to spy on North Vietnam

question

What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allow?

answer

Johnson to have complete control over the war.

question

What type of war did the North fight?

answer

Defensive

question

What was Tet?

answer

Oriental New Year

question

Why did we bomb so heavily?

answer

We wanted to find how the VC and the NVA got from Northern Vietnam to Southern Vietnam without the U.S ever seeing them.

question

What happened at Khe Sanh?

answer

Marines were under seige from the VC & NVC (77 Days)

question

Name the supply line used by the North Vietnam to get material to the south.

answer

Ho Chi Minh Trail

question

What happened at My Lai?

answer

Massacre (Lt. men shot people in the village)

question

What does the song "Ohio" refer to?

answer

Student deaths at Kent

question

What is the policy of Vietnamization?

answer

Preparing vietnamese for war so the U.S could begin to withdraw.

question

Who negotiated the peace talks in 1972?

answer

Henry Kissinger

question

What year did the US finally leave Vietnam?

answer

1975

question

What was the Port Huron statement? Who wrote it?

answer

It protested war. Tom Hayden wrote it.

Vietnam War – Flashcards

Unlock all answers in this set

Haven't found what you were looking for?

Search for samples, answers to your questions and flashcards