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France

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had control of Vietnam as a colony before the war; strong independent movement happened

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Ho Chi Minh

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led independent movement; fought for Vietnamese independence for 30 years; fled Vietnam in 1912; embraced communism and formed ties with Soviet Union; took over North Vietnam

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US involvement

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with Vietnam to keep France as an ally; Truman and Eisenhower wanted to contain communism

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to ensure french support in the Cold War

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Truman agreed to help France regain control of Vietnam

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domino theory

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if Vietnam fell to communism, its closest neighbors would follow and then spread throughout the entire region

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France

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lost its hold on Vietnam

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Dien Bien Phu

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French troops trapped at military base for 56 days; French surrendered

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Geneva Accords

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peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland; France granted independence to Vietnam; divided the country into North and South; anticommunist government took over south

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SEATO

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US channeled aid to South Vietnam through

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Vietcong

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communist gorilla fighters; supplied by communists in North Vietnam; attacked South Vietnamese government officials and destroyed roads and bridges

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Kennedy began sending

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US troops to South Vietnam

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Johnson increased US involvement

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after North Vietnam attacked a US destroyer patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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gave Johnson the authority to use force to defend American troops; gave the president the power to commit US troops to fight without asking congress for a formal declaration of war

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operation rolling thunder

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Johnson took US deeper into the war by ordering a large bombing campaign; later ordered more troops to fight on the ground

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Robert McNamara and General William Westmoreland

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more active strategy of continuing to fight on ground; Secretary of State; American commander in South Vietnam

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napalm

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jellied gasoline that covered large areas in flames

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agent orange

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herbicide that destroys plant life; used to disrupt the enemy’s food supply

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Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army fought

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with guerrilla tactics in the jungle trying to wear down US because they knew they couldn’t defeat them traditionally; followed Min’s doctrine

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Ho Chi Min’s doctrine

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fighting should never be on the opponents terms

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communist forces used

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hit and run attacks, nighttime ambushes, and booby traps

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difficult for US troops

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to know which Vietnamese person was a friend or enemy

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by 1968 more than

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30,000 Americans had been killed in Vietnam; each year yielded little progress; troop morale began to fall

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costs of the war grew

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each year; strained government finances

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government spending

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lowered the unemployment rate at home; led to rising prices and inflation

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Johnson forced to
raise taxes; social programs had to be cut
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hawks
supported the war and believed they were fighting communism
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doves
questioned the war on moral and strategic grounds; not convinced Vietnam was a vital Cold War battleground
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war in Vietnam divided
Americans and opened deep emotional rift in American society
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to provide enough soldiers for war
the government drafted young men into service
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draft boards
allowed to grant deferments to college students and men who worked in certain occupations; most of the men who served in Vietnam came from working class and poor backgrounds; African Americans high
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college campuses
became centers of antiwar sentiment
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students for a democratic society
SDS; formed in 1960 to fight racism and poverty; became a leading antiwar group; college students and police clashed
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nightly tv coverage of the war
filed opposition to the conflict
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credibility gap
difference between war accounts given by journalists and the optimistic progress reported by the government
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tet offensive
public greatly surprised because of the governments reports of the war; offensive by the North Vietnamese Army showed the enemy was still strong; US repelled offensive; after American leaders seemed less confident of a quick end to war
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1968 presidential election
Senator Eugene McCarthy (antiwar democratic presidential candidate) made surprisingly strong showing in early primary election; Robert Kennedy (democratic senator) announced candidacy; Johnson wouldn't run for a 2nd term
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spring and summer
saw violence at home; MLK assassinated, Robert Kennedy assassinated after wining California primary
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Democratic Convention Center
major protests erupted; police clashed with antiwar protestors in streets outside convention center; helped Nixon win presidency in 1968
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Nixon promised
to achieve "peace with honor" in Vietnam
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Nixon believed
peace deal could be negotiated with North Vietnam; gradually began to pull American troops out of Vietnam when deal stalled; hoped American supplies to the South Vietnamese Army would be sufficient for the army to secure and hold South Vietnam
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Vietnamization
Nixon believed the South Vietnamese Army should fight on its own
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1970 Nixon
ordered a ground attack on communists in Cambodia; angered antiwar activists at home who claimed Nixon was widening the war not ending it
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Kent State University
members of the National Guard fired into a group o protesters; killed 4; led to demonstrations on other campuses including Jackson State in Mississippi where 2 students were killed
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My Lai
American troops killed over 400 unarmed Vietnamese in village
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pentagon papers
showed the government had been dishonest with the public and with congress about the Vietnamese War
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American bombing induced
the North Vietnamese to resume negotiations
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Paris Peace Accords
January 1973; US, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and Vietcong signed; American troops would withdraw from South Vietnam, North Vietnamese troops would remain in South Vietnam; fighting continued in Vietnam but over in US
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north Vietnamese army
Soviet supplied; defeated south Vietnam; Vietnam was united under communist regime
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turmoil
troubled Southeast Asia for many years afterward
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after experience in Vietnam
Americans were less willing to intervene in the affairs of other countries; had less trust in their leaders
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war powers act
restricted the president's authority to commit American troops to foreign conflicts
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fear of "another Vietnam"
affected American foreign policy

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