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Ch. 22 Sec 1 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| this temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel | Geneva Accords |
| this granted the U.S preident broad military powers in Vietnam | Tokin Gulf Resolution |
| this was the first etensive U.S bombing of North Vietnam | Operation Rolling Thunder |
| when this fell to Vietnamese forces in 1959 the french began to leave Vietnam | Ho chi Minh |
| this was based on the idea that countries on the brink of communism were waiting to fall to communism one after another | domino theroy |
| this allowed Commuinsts to North Vietnam to supply military arms to the govt. opposition group in South Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh Trail |
| this was the south Vietnamese opposition group that carried out thousands of assassinations of south Vietnamese govt officals | Vietconghe led the Indochinese Communists Party and fought french japenese and U.S forces for the independence of Vietnam |
| this anti communists south Vietnam president canceled elections that were supposed to unify vietnam | Ngo Dihn Diem |
| this south vietnamese polciy was to intend to combat the growing popularity and presence of an anitgovt. group in the south countryside | stratgeic halmet program |
| this group formed by vietnamese communists and other nationalist groups in 1941 declared independence from forgein rule as its single rule | Vietninh |