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Final Finally Part Two Flashcards

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  • During imperialism _____ controlled all of indochina Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
  • In the 1930s - led by Ho Chi Minh the communists
  • The revolt was
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  • During imperialism France controlled all of indochina Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
  • In the 1930s - led by Ho Chi Minh the communists revolted against the French, (French indochina war)
  • The revolt was crushed and he had to flee into exile!
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In 1941, WWII japan
• during the war Ho Chi Minh fought to
• After the war he formed the Vietminh Independence League (goal was to

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In 1941, WWII japan seized and took over Vietnam
• during the war Ho Chi Minh fought to drive out the Japanese
• After the war he formed the Vietminh Independence League (goal was to get independence from France)

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During the war for independence the Vietminh used_______ warfare tactics (hit and run) against the French

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During the war for independence the Vietminh used guerilla warfare tactics (hit and run) against the French

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The USA supported _______ (democracy) while the Soviet Union supported the ______

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The USA supported France (democracy) while the Soviet Union supported the communists

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The ________ won the war in 1954!

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The communist won the war in 1954!

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  • the USA was greatly concerned - WHY? (President Dwight Eisenhower)
  • Domino theory -
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  • the USA was greatly concerned - WHY? (President Dwight Eisenhower)
  • Domino theory - they feared the rest of Southeast Asia would fall like dominos to the communists
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• the USA convinced the United Nations to

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• the USA convinced the United Nations to divide Vietnam into two parts (17 degrees north latitude) (north and south) - have free elections

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South Vietnam:

• he ruled as a

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South Vietnam: with the help of the United States set up a Democratic government led by Ngo Dinh Diem
• he ruled as a brutal dictator

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• Vietcong (communist guerillas) led opposition to Diem -

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• Vietcong (communist guerillas) led opposition to Diem - backed by the peasants they looked to take over south Vietnam

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1963 - President Kennedy sends in

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1963 - President Kennedy sends in military advisors to help the south

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1964 - Gulf of Tonkin incident!

• congress authorizes president Lyndon Johnson to

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1964 - Gulf of Tonkin incident!

• congress authorizes president Lyndon Johnson to send in troops

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Vietnam war begins for the ____

• by 1968 over half a million ____ troops fighting in _____

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Vietnam war begins for the USA

• by 1968 over half a million US troops fighting in Vietnam

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US army faced two major problems
1.
2.

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US army faced two major problems

  1. Fighting guerilla war in unfamiliar territory
  2. The south Vietnamese government was very unpopular
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Search and destroy” -
- WHY?
•

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Search and destroy” - US tactics to win war
Problem - could not find the enemy - WHY?
• underground tunnels

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Stymied on the ground the US turned to air power (bombing) - operation rolling thunder
• result:

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Stymied on the ground the US turned to air power (bombing) - operation rolling thunder
• result: created more peasant opposition

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War eventually became extremely ______ in the USA - first televised war

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War eventually became extremely unpopular in the USA - first televised war

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Youth driven “Counterculture” sprang up! Hippies -

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Youth driven “Counterculture” sprang up! Hippies - flower children

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Anti-war and anti-government protest movement
•
•

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Anti-war and anti-government protest movement
• led mostly by college students
• Draft dodgers - went to Canada

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Doves (anti-war) vs. the hawks (pro-war)

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Doves (anti-war) vs. the hawks (pro-war)

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1969 - President Richard Nixon pressured into a new pan called (Gradual pull out of the US troops - replaced by troops)

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1969 - President Richard Nixon pressured into a new pan called vietnamization (Gradual pull out of the US troops - replaced by south Vietnamese troops)

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1970 - Kent state protests -
1973 - Paris Accords -
1975 - north reneged!

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1970 - Kent state protests - 4 college students killed
1973 - Paris Accords - all US troops pulled out! - south Vietnam keep their independence
1975 - north reneged! South Vietnam fell to the communists

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Results:
•
•
•

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Results:
• 58,000 US troops died!
• 2 million Vietnamese dead!
• Only war in US history that we have lost

23
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Cambodia 1975-1979
• taken over by the _______ (Khmer Rouge) led by:
• Killed over ________ people

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Cambodia 1975-1979
• taken over by the communists (Khmer Rouge) led by Pol Pot
• Killed over 1.5 million people

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