History Test 5 Flashcards
belief that is one nation in Southeast Asis fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would also fall
Domino theory
u.s. military policy during the he Cold War to stop the spread of Communism
Containment
- -Divided Indochina into Loas, Cambodia, and Vietnam
- -Divided Vietnam at the 17th Parallel
- -North – Ho Chi Minh (communist)
- -South – would have elections
- -Ngo Dinh Diem – became new leader of South Vietnam, noncommunist
- -Despised by much of South Vietnam
- -Vietminh in the South formed the National Liberation Front (NLF) – it’s members were called the Vietcong
Geneva Conference
- -Authorized the president to take all necessary measures to repel armed attack against US forces, and to prevent further attack
- -Handed complete war powers to the president
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
He Promiseda Law and orderand A “servers plan” to end war, he will win the presidency
President Nixon
- -troops launch surprise attack on nearly 100 cities and 12 US military bases
- -supplies
Vietcong
- -Lived in China and the Soviet Union
- -Became committed to ideals of communism
- -Secretly returned to Vietnam to organize resistance movement
- were called Vietminh
Ho Chi Minh – “He who enlightens”
- -30 Jan 1968
- -Start of Tet– Vitenman new Year
- -Had been honored in previous years by a lull in fighting
- -Vietcong and N. Vietnamese troops launch surprise attack on nearly 100 cities and 12 US military bases
Tet Offensive
What was the effect of the Tet Offensive?
–Military success for the United States – repelled the attack
–Changed public opinion over night – Amercian public now saw that the government has misled them in how the war was going
–Many now joined the growing anti-war movement
Walter Cronkite – was THE night reporter
What is the goal of the Tet offensive?
- -Bring down S. Vietnamese government
- -Failed in doing so – 40,000 communist solders killed
What was the Election of 1968?
–Democrats running in 68
–Eugene McCarthy – major critic of the war
Bobby Kennedy
–National following - African American, Hispanics, the poor and the young
–Strongest of democratic candidates
LBJ surprised the nation by dropping out of the race
Wanted to spend final months as president attempting to end the war
–Kennedy seemed destined to win the notation — won many early
DNC in Chicago
–Humphrey decided upon as the presidential candidate
–Cite man protesters took over the outside of convention and fought with police for days (6)
–Displayed the anti war furor that had taken hold of the nation
jungle paths that brought weapons and supplies to the Vietcong
Ho Chi Minh Trail
What was Kent state?
This was the school shooting with many people students and national guards who were fighting. Students didn’t know what to think because of how they were just having a normal day.
When you turn over the fighting
Vietnamization
became new leader of South Vietnam, noncommunist
Ngo Dinh Diem
