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Vietnam Flashcards

1
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How did Ho Chi Minh come to power

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Japan overran indochina and started vietnam but he stopped him

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What happened after japan tried to overrun and failed vietnam

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french started a war trying to get it back and failed at dien bien phu

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3
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when/Where was Vietnam split

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1954 at the Geneva Conference Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel into two separate countries

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4
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Who was the leader of south vietnam

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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5
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What was Americas involvement pre war in vietnam

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sent 1 bil over the course of a decade

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6
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Why did Johnson go to war

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Wanted to get reelected

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7
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What led to US involvement in Vietnam

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1964 2 US destroyers were attacked off the gulf of ton kin in north Vietnam by torpedoes

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8
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What allowed US involement

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congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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9
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What was the event chain that led to conflict

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  • We shot their gun boats out
  • They infiltrate airbase in south Vietnam
  • They got plaiku
  • Operation Rolling Thunder
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10
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Operation Rolling Thunder

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  • bomb them into the stone age
  • threat should have worked
  • primarily air power
  • 7 million tons of bombs
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agent orange

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  • Very bad
  • herbicides
  • kill off large swaths of the jungle
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12
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Napalm

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sticks and burns everything it hits

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13
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First combat troops in nam

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arrived in Danang in march 1965

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14
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first conventional battle of Vienam

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  • in November 1965
    • la drang valley
    • US air calvary defeated NVA and VC forced
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15
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Who where the US troops led by

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Hal Moore

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16
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When was the first use of Helicopters

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La Drang

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17
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When did all the soliders come

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1965-1967

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18
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General William Westmoreland

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senior commander of American troops in Vietnam

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19
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What was the plan for defeating the north

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bomb and kill so many of them they lose there motivation

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20
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Turning point of the war

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Tet offensive

21
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Tet offensive

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  • NVA and VC began a major offensive
  • shift from jungle to south Vietnamese urban area
22
Q

Largest Battle of Vietnam

A

large battle occured at an american base at Khe Sanh

23
Q

hue

A

NVA VC overran and freed thousands; shot enemys of the state; recaptued monthes after

24
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Khe Sanh

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  • siege at Khe Sanh and it lasted from January until April
  • we won
25
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Who won Tet Offensive

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Both thought they lost; Millitary failure for NVA but moral failure for America

26
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Ho Chi Minh Trail

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crossed other countries in order to get supplies back and forth

27
Q

What was difficult about fighting vietcong

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couldnt tell who was bad or not in the towns

28
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how did TV affect Vietnam

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Worsened public opinion; Police Cheif in sygon kills man on live television

29
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Where did protest start

A

College campuses

30
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SDS

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student democratic society

31
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SDS goal

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didnt want to go to vietnam but wanted poor kids to go

32
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Port Huron Statement

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called for power to be rooted in love reflections reason and creativity

33
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Weathermen

A

Violent activist against vietnam

34
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1968 Democratic National Convention

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Seven men were arrested and charged with conspiracy to incite a riot; Chicago 7

35
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What started a new wave of protest

A

said we were going to invade cambodia

36
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What happened at Kent state for vietnam protest

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May 1970 burned the ROTC killed 4

37
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Jane Fonda

A

Hated; Hanoi Jane

38
Q

Who fought against Ho chi minh trail

A

General Abrams; wanted to interdict to the trail

39
Q

What was Americas final plan for Vietnam war

A

build up south forces to replace amrican troops

40
Q

What ended the vietnam conflict

A

Jan 1973 Formal Agreement signed in Paris

41
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Jan 1973 Formal Agreement signed in Paris statement

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  • US would withdraw
  • prisoners released
42
Q

What was the result of formal agreement in paris

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Took Vietnam 2 years to regroup and take over south

43
Q

Legacy of vietnam war

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Legacy is over 50,000 killed

44
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What did congress do post vietnam war

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War powers act

45
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What was War powers act

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  • congress realized there was a mistake with letting gulf of tonkin
  • passed so no president could do what lbj did
  • limited to do what hostilites come
46
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What were the three things that congress restricted you to do if you wanted to go to war

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  • deceleration of war
  • specific statutory authorization from congress
  • respond from a national emergency
47
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Who replaced westmooreland

A

Gen. Creighton Abrms after Tet

48
Q

What countires did the Ho chi minh trail have

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Cambodia, Laos

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