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cause of vietnam war
Ho chi min-(communist leader in vietnam) was pushing communism to the people. Vietnam was under French control but they didnt want to be anymore so a war broke out. The US helped the french because 1 China was now communist and 2 N. Korea had just become communist and it was sweeping Asia.
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cause of vietnam war
Ho chi min-(communist leader in vietnam) was pushing communism to the people. Vietnam was under French control but they didnt want to be anymore so a ...
how did the vietnam war end
The Vietnam War ended with an agreement called the Paris Peace Accords. This agreement between the United States and North Vietnam stated that the US ...
how did the vietnam war affect americans
Many Americans opposed Vietnam and felt that it was not America's business. Returning soldiers were spat at and given dirty looks
domino theory
the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control
guerilla
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
napalm
Highly flammable chemical dropped from US planes in firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War.
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| Term | Definition |
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cause of vietnam war | Ho chi min-(communist leader in vietnam) was pushing communism to the people. Vietnam was under French control but they didnt want to be anymore so a war broke out. The US helped the french because 1 China was now communist and 2 N. Korea had just become communist and it was sweeping Asia. |
how did the vietnam war end | The Vietnam War ended with an agreement called the Paris Peace Accords. This agreement between the United States and North Vietnam stated that the US would pull out all of it's remaining troops from the country, in return for all of the Americans being held of prisoners of war to be returned/released. |
how did the vietnam war affect americans | Many Americans opposed Vietnam and felt that it was not America's business. Returning soldiers were spat at and given dirty looks |
domino theory | the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control |
guerilla | a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment |
napalm | Highly flammable chemical dropped from US planes in firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War. |
agent orange | chemical that kills plants; used in Vietnam to expose Viet Cong hideouts |
credibility gap | The gap between the Johnson Administration and the American public support |
tech-in | an informal discussion held between college faculty and students about issues relating to the vietnam war and the reasons for opposing it. |
dove | someone who is against the Vietnam war |
hawk | people who supported U.S. involvement in Vietnam |
linkage | Policy of improving relations with the Soviet Union and China in hopes of persuading them to cut back their aid to North Vietnam |
vietnamization | President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces |
ho chi minh | Vietnamese communist statesman who fought South vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969) |
dien bien phu | The place that the final battle took place that forced the French out of Vietnam |
geneva accords | A 1954 peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956 |
ngo dinh diem | American ally in South Vietnam from 1954 to 1963; his repressive regime caused the Communist Viet Cong to thrive in the South and required increasing American military aid to stop a Communist takeover. He was killed in a coup in 1963. |
vietcong | the guerrilla soldiers of the Communist faction in Vietnam, also know as the National Liberation Front |
gulf of tonkin resolution | a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in direct response to a minor naval engagement known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia. |
ho chi minh trail | A network of jungle paths winding from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam, used as a military route by North Vietnam to supply the Vietcong during the Vietnam War. |
william westmoreland | American General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak from 1964 to 1968 |
tet offensive | 1968; National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces launched a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year (Tet), which was defeated after a month of fighting and many thousands of casualties; major defeat for communism, but Americans reacted sharply, with declining approval of LBJ and more anti-war sentiment |
henry kissenger | Secretary of State from 1973 to 1976, but he played a major role in formulating U.S. foreign policy during both Nixon presidencies. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Paris Peace Accords, which ended America's involvement in the Vietnam War in 1973. |
pentagon papers | A 7,000-page top-secret United States government report on the history of the internal planning and policy-making process within the government itself concerning the Vietnam War. |
war powers act | Act that grants emergency executive powers to president to run war effort |