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Why did President Truman agree to help France?
he feared the spread of communism
What did the Geneva Conference provide?
the division of Vietnam into 2 separate countries
Who ordered Operation Rolling Thunder?
President Johnson
why was Operation Rolling Thunder ordered? What happened after?
the operation was ordered to stop North Vietnam’s communist expansion. the order began a sustained bombing campaign
Why did President Johnson cut back on his Great Society promises?
the cost of the Vietnam War was rising
How did President Johnson escalate US involvement in the war?
he ordered more airstrikes
to eliminate drafting abuses, what did the selective service act do?
set up a lottery system to determine who was drafted next
why did the US people begin to distrust the Johnson administration?
credibility gap
what did US soldiers use Agent Orange to do?
disrupt North Vietnam’s food supply
What was the VietCong’s war strategy?
fighting small battles, mostly at night
who won the democratic nomination of 1968?
Hubert Humphrey
What did Nixon’s Vietnamization policy emphasize?
the US should empower South Vietnamese troops to assume more combat duties
what did Nixon’s order of the secret bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail do?
reduced the flow of communist supplies
where did the secret bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail occur?
Cambodia
What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allow?
President Johnson was able to take all necessary measures to defend and fight against armed attacks on US forces
what did the Pentagon Papers reveal?
US leaders misled Congress and the US people about the war in Vietnam
what did the end of the Vietnam War result in?
a communist north vietnam and a democratic south vietnam
Why did Nixon believe in normalizing relations with China?
drive a wedge between China and the Soviet Union
How did China show its willingness to open talks with the US?
hosting a table tennis match
How did the Soviet Union respond to the normalization of relations between the US and China?
they invited President Nixon to Moscow
what country did Henry Kissenger order Nixon to visit?
China
What did Salt 1
(Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)—>was a series of agreements between the US and USSR to limit the number of nuclear weapons, it reduced the tensions between the US and the USSR and was created to freeze maufacturing of Intercontinental Balistic Missile.
which group sought Vietnam’s independence and wanted to unite Vietnam as one?
Vietminh
people who strongly opposed the war and believed the US should withdrawl were called?
Doves
What does “TET” mean in Vietnam
Vietnamese New Year
North and South Vietnam temporarily pause the war to celebrate Tet because it is an important event in their culture. VietCong comes in and sabotages the Tet celebrations, the US blames Ho Chi Minh
what was the chemical weapon that spread fire jelly over the jungles of Vietnam?
Napalm
who were the two candidates of the US election of 1972?
Richard Nixon (Republican and Winner)
Geroge McGovern (D)
people who believed that the US troops should be more involved in the war were called?
Hawks
What policy did Nixon and Kissenger follow when dealing with foreign relations?
Realpolitik
What two positions did Henry Kissenger serve during Nixon’s presidency?
1.) national security advisor
2.) secretary of state
what growing youth movement of the 1960’s
SDS—> Students for a Democratic Society
who was the republican candidate in the election of 1968?
Robert Kennedy
What hiding system did the Vietcong use?
Tunnels
what are 2 reasons one could NOT be drafted?
certain medical conditions, a current student
what document ended the Vietnam War?
Paris Peace Accords
who was in charge of US forces in Vietnam?
General William Westmoreland
French outpost in Northwestern Vietnam that was overrun by the Vietminh called what?
Dien Bien Phu
what is the capital of South Vietnam
Saigon
idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, its neighbors would fall to communism as well.
domino theory
movement that started in Berkeley that stemmed from the clash between students and administrators over free speech on campus
Free Speech Movement
what 2 Chinese leaders did Nixon meet with in China?
1.) Mao Zedong
2.) Zhou Enlai
who was in charge of the My Lai massacre?
Lt. William Calley
herbicide weapon used to expose and destroy VietCong Tunnels
Agent Orange—> a powerful defoliant spray
what country was bombed in Nixon’s secret bombings?
Cambodia
Henry Kissenger was originally from what country?
Germany
who was the leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
what is the capital of North Vietnam?
Hanoi
what countries made up INDOCHINA?
Vietnam, Camodia, and Laos, Indochina was under the control of the French
Who was the leader of South Vietnam?
Ngo Dinh Dien
ARVN
Army of the Republic of Vietnam—> South Vietnam Soliders, Diem trained them
Vietminh
North Vietnam Soldiers (Ho Chi Minh—>Vietmihn)
when did the US officially join the war?
1964 (we left in 1975)
who was the secretary of defense during the Vietnam war?
McNamara
where did the most deadly protest about Camodia occur in the US?
Kent State in Ohio
Paris Peace Accords 5 comprimises
1.) immediate ceasefire
2.) all POW’s are returned
3.) US leaves South Vietnam
4.) North Vietnam can patrol South Vietnam
5.) the VietCong becomes its own political party
what happened to Saigon after the war?
Saigon falls and becomes Ho Chi Mihn City
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