Vietnam War Flashcards

(41 cards)

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Guerilla Warfare

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Fighting by small groups using tactics such as the ambush

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Flexible response

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President Kennedy’s plan to help nations fighting Communist movements by providing special military units trained to fight guerilla warfare

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3
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Blockade

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To block or obstruct

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Regime

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A form of government, government in power, or period of time

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Search and destroy mission

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Mission by American forces to seek out and destroy North Vietnamese forces

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Napalm

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An intensively burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth

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Agent Orange

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A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses

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Counterculture

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A culture with values that differ from those of established society

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Deferment

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Postponement of, or excuse from, military service

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Conscientious Objector

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A person who refuses to serve in the armed forces or bear arms on moral or religious grounds

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Credibility gap

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The difference between what is said and what people know or believe to be true

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Vietnamization

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President Nixon’s plan calling for the South Vietnamese to take a more active role in fighting and for Americans to become less involved

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Martial Law

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Emergency military rule

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MIA

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American soldier classified as missing during a war or other military action

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domino theory

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16
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Dien Bien Phu

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Green Berets

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Richard Nixon

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John Kennedy

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Pentagon Papers

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Alliance for Progress

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Geneva Accords

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Explain why the United States and the Soviet Union almost go to war with each other in 1962

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Explain who was responsible for the military build up in Vietnam

25
Explain what made the war in Vietnam difficult for American troops to fight
26
Identify what hawks and doves were in regards to the war in Vietnam
27
Identify where communism spread to during the war in Vietnam
28
Identify who led a communist revolution in Cuba
Fidel Castro
29
Explain how the Geneva Accords divided Vietnam and the leaders of each area
30
Identify who the person to orbit the Earth was
31
Explain why Congress repealed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution
32
Explain the biggest problem of Pres. Johnson’s presidency
33
Identify who Nixon’s National Security advisor was
34
Explain how Kennedy tried to change Cuba's government in the 1960s
35
Identify the program that Kennedy created to provide guidance to underdeveloped third world countries
36
Explain why the Soviets and the East German government built the Berlin Wall
37
Identify the two opposing governments during the Cuban Missile Crisis
38
Explain how Pres. Kennedy responded during the Cuban Missile Crisis
39
Explain what the Gulf of Tonkin resolution did for Pres. Johnson
40
Identify the US operation to bomb the Ho Chi Minh Trail
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