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Vietnamese war Flashcards

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Indochina

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Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
part of french Indochina before gaining independence

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Geneva Acoords (Who and what)

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USA, France, SU, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Britain
Divide Vietnam on 17th parallel

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Agent Orange

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Plant killer that caused birth defects, cancers, and other problems
to help clear land to fight on

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Doves/Hawks

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Doves- Anti-war
Hawks- Pro-war

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Election of 1964

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LBJ beats Barry Goldwater
36th Pres

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Election of 1968

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Nixon beat Hubert Humphrey for 37th Pres

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Capital of south vietnam

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Saigon

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capital of N. Vietnam

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Hanoi

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Dien Bien Phu

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-Between french Union and Viet Minh
-Viet Minh wins and France leaves Indochina

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Ngo Dinh Diem (3 things)

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-Leader in S. Vietnam
- persecuted Buhdists
- pocketed $ from USA

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Ho Chi Minh (3 things)

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-Leader of N. Vietnam
- wanted Vietnams independence
-made Viet Minh

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VietCong

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-N. Vietnam
-Guerilla force that fought US and S. Vietnam
-Made of National Liberation Front

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Gulf of tonkin

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US claimed that N. Vietnamese naval vessels had attacked American destroyers in the gulf of tonkin

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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Authorized US military intervention in Vietnam

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Napalm

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Jelly like substance used in bombing raids the burned continually and uncontrollably

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Operation Rolling Thunder (4 things and a definition)

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Intense, sustained bombing of N Vietnam
-Boost morale in Saigon
- destroy infrastructure in N Vietnam
- cease flow of men/material in S. Vietnam
- End goal of communist insurgency in S vietnam

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Counterculture

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cultural movement that rejected mainstream values and embraced new forms of artistic expression, social experimentation, and political activism.

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Credibility Gap

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made citizens oppose the war, it was a term to describe when the public started opposing the war bc of lack of honesty or transparency

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Deferments

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excusing people from the draft for various reasons

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tet offensive

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campaign of surprise attacks by NVA and VIETCONG against targets throughout S vietnam
-Americans and S Vietnamese drove vietcong back and forced NVA to bear the Burden

21
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silent majority

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Nixons term to describe large number of americans who supported US gov’s policies in Vietnam but did not participate in public protests against the war

22
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Henry Kissinger

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negotiated cease fire in vietnam
- sec of state under nixon

23
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Ho Chi Minh Trail

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supply route through Laos and Cambodia started in N vietnam

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Conscientious objectors

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opposed fighting war on moral or religious grounds

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Paris Peace talks

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peace negotiation effort started by LbJ and lasted till ‘72

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Kent state

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4 students killed, 9 wounded at kent state university in ohio when US army soil dere fired their weapons into a group of protesting students.

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My Lai

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Massacred and raped lots of women and children. US citizens didn’t find our for a year which enraged them even more

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W Westmoreland

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US army general

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generation gap

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term referring to the differences between young people who were more likely to oppose war and older people who were more likely to support the gov and traditional values

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Fall of saigon

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Marked end of vietnam war
-N vietnam closed in on S vietnam, and US withdrew troops

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Lt. William Calley

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convicted of war crimes for his role in my lai.

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Self- Immolation

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protest to war, people would set themselves on fire

33
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Pentagon Papers

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classified study of US involvement in Vietnam War
-showed US gov had lied to us about the war

34
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Vietnamization

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NIXONS plan to Withdraw american forces from vietnam and replace them with S vietnamese forces that would be strong enough to defend their own freedom

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Coup

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Overthrow

36
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Paris Peace Talks

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Lasted till 72’
Demilitarized Laos and Cambodia
US withdraw troops from Vietnam in 60 days
17th parallel
Prisoners of war would be realeased

37
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Peace W honor

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Nixons foreign, withdraw without looking cowardly
1 reform selective service
2 Vietnamization
3 Expand Bombing campaign (Cambodia and Laos)

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