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Who did France control since the late 19th century before China dominated the land?

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Indochina

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What does Indochina refer to?

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Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia

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Who was the Nationalist leader of Vietnam?

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Ho Chi Minh

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What was the group of fighters Ho Chi Minh created to resist the French?

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Vietminh

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What year did Eisenhower enter office?

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53

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Why did Eisenhower choose to support South Vietnam?

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Domino Theory

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Who controlled North Vietnam?

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Ho Chi Minh

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Who controlled South Vietnam?

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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What is Ho Chi Minhs new forces called?

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Vietcong

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What did the Buddihst munk do to himself?

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Self-immolation

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How many military advisors did Kennedy increase to?

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16,000

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What is a violent overthrow of a government called?

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Coup d’etat

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Why was Diem and his borther murdered?

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The Coup d’etat

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Two U.S. warships were attacked by North Vietnamese ships which

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Tonkin Gulf Incident

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This authorized the president to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and prevent further aggression”

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolutiuon

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When did the 1st US ground troops arive?

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1965

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Gurella group created by Ho Chi Minh to take over South Vietnam after division

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Vietcong

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What type of war was the Vietnam war considered?

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Defensive

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Progress of the war was made with

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Bodycounts

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In 1965, US sustained bombings of North Vietnam known as?

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Operation Rolling Thunder

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A small explosive gasoline substance. Filled in bombs which caused an intense explosion

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Carpet bombing - napalm

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How did the Vietcong receive supplies?

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The Ho Chi Minh trail

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Where did the Ho CHi Minh trail run from?

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North Vietnam through Lao and Cambodia to South Vietnam

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Role of the TV/Media on the outcome of the war was

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Helped turn public opinion against the war

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Vietnam War was known as the first "______ ____" war
Living room
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What made it trough to identify who the enemy was?
It could be anybody, and old man, woman, child, or no uniform
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What was the Tet Offensive?
Where the N. Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong attacked the south at the same time
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Was the Tet Offensives a surprise attack?
YES
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What was attacked in the Tet Offensive?
100 cities, bases, and the US embassy in Saigon
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How long did the Fighting after the Tet offensive last?
Almost a month
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How did the Ho Chi Minh trial create a problem for the US war effort?
The US had to expand the fighting outside of Vietnam to attack the supply route
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Who has the military victory for the Tet Offensive?
The allies
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Why is it seen as a strategic, psychological, political victory for the Vietcong by the media?
The US had said THE VIETCONG WAS CLOSE TO DEFEAT BUT THEE LARGE ATTACK WOULD SHOW THE Vietcong was strong and the US would never outlast them and win the war
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What was the US reaction to the Tet Offensive?
Disbelief, Anger, and Distrust of the Johnson admionistration
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What did the Anti-war protesters yell at the president?
Hey, Hey, LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?
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What did Johnsons popularity drop from and to?
48% to 36%
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What is a credibility gap?
TV images shove s a tough war that didn't seem to be going well. Many Americans stopped believing what the government was saying
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Who led the Mai Lai Massacre?
Lt. William Calley, Platoon Leader
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What was the My Lai Massacre?
Slaughter of 200-500 unarmed villagers
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Countires that controlled Vietnam throughout the ages
China France Japanese France
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Agreement which divided Vietnam in 1954 at the 17th parallel
Geneva Accord
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Area that divided North and South Vietnam
Demilitarized zone
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Capital of South Vietnam
Saigon
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Capital of North Vietnam
Hanoi
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Vietnam war was similar to what war in American history?
Revolutionary War
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Nicknamed "Charlie"
Vietcong
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What New York times released and sued government over
Pentagon Papers
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Nixon's policy that trned fighting of the war over to the south Vietnamese army rather than American soilders.
Vietnamization
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The "Exit Strategy" for the withdraw of US forces from Vietnam
Vietnamization
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Caused cancer to American soldiers and destroyed trees
Agent Orange
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1969 Rock Festival - ultimate point in the counterculture of the Hippie age
Woodstock
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Street Corner intersection that was a popular hippie destionation
Haight-Ashbury
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Leader of the Students for a Democratic Society
Tom Hayden
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Proposed amendment to end discrimination against women which failed to be added to the constitution
Title VII
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Women's typical role in the decade before the Women's Movement began
House wife
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Wrote the Feminine Mystique, which launched modern day women movements
Betty Friedan
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Group dedicated to promotion of Women's movement through the leadership of Gloria Steinem and Ms.
NOW
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Supreme court case that ruled States could not regulate a woman's rights to have an abortion
Row vs. Wade
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Chemical which polluted rivers and streams and motivated Americans be concerned about environmental things when birds started dying
DDT
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Name of book which promoted the Environmental Movemewnt
Silent Spring
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Woman who is credited with creating the Enviromental Movement
Rachel Carson
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America's most famous Consumer advocate of the 1960's and author of "Unsafe at any speed"
Ralph Nader
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Law reuqiring universites to offer an equal amount of men's and women's sports teams
Title 9
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The decade that many viewed as a backwards step for the Women's movement after the progress Women had made in WWII
1950's
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Leader of the protest concerning 1st amendment rights
Mario Savio
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President that escalated the war but placed limits on the war because he was fearful of involving the Soviet Union and China
LBJ
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What movement questioned conformity and was the original counterculture?
Beat movement/ Beatnik writers
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What was the 1st new left movement?
Students for a Democratic Society
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Student potestor leaders in Chicago at the COnvention
"The Chicago"
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What was the 2nd new left movement?
Free Speech Movement
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Who was Mario Savio?
student leader of the Free Speech movement
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What was The Machine Speech
He demanded people speak about what concerns them in life, not letting the government tell them what to say and think
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What is a large hippie community called where everyone lived in harmony?
Commune
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What was the explanation of Counterculture
Conformity and Mainstream
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Andy Warhol famous for ...
Pop art movement
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What was it called when many British bands dominated World music
"British Invasion"
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Who spoke out as he saw injustice?
Bob Dylan
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Considering the geography of the war, combat during thee war received this label
Jungle Warfare
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American Commander during the war
William Westmoreland
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While looking to engage the enemy, soldiers often went on combat missions called...
Search and Destory
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Two groups that disproportionately fought the war
``` Working class Minority ```
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JFK supported this in Vietnam
A coup de'tat
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Who said "we can see the light at the end of the tunnel?
General Westmoreland
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Who leaked governmewnt documentss regarding war efforts?
Daniel Ellsburg
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Reason for fightiong was to...
Avoid humiliating defeat
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To who did the Peach with Honor appeal to?
The Silent Majority
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Who was the Peace with Honor by?
Nixon

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