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The Vietnam War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| name who has occupied vietnam since 208 BC in order. | china, no one (independence), France, Japan, France, United States, no one (independence) |
| what does ho chi minh mean | one who enlightens |
| what political party was ho chi minh | nationalist and communist |
| vietminh movement | wanted to expel all foreigners from vietnam |
| who did we help ho chi minh defeat | japanese |
| how long did the vietnam war last | 30 years 1945-1975 |
| what was truman's reason for involvement | to contain communism (truman doctrine) |
| what were trumans actions/policies in vietnam | sent $$ to frenchies |
| eisenhower's reason for involvement | domino theory |
| where was north and south vietnam split | 17th parallel |
| when was north and south vietnam split | geneva conference in 1954 (was unified again in 2 years) |
| who did eisenhower fund | ngo dinh diem (SOUTH vietnam prezzie) |
| eisenhower's actions/policies in vietnam | funded french, refused to help french in dienbeinphu, lost french as allies, geneva convention, seato formed, funded ngo dinh diem, "laos is key to region" |
| kennedy's reason for involvement | kennedy doctrine (said SV is cornerstone of SE Asia) |
| quang duc | 1 of 6 buddhist monks that lit themselves on fire in busy intersection |
| why did kennedy not withdraw troops? | assassination of president diem |
| kennedy's actions/policies in vietnam | neutralized laos, sends green berets, sees quang duc and decides to withdraw, can't because diem is assassinated, raises troop levels to 16,000, cuts down $$ |
| what did it mean to neutralize laos | made it neither capitalist nor communist |
| johnson's reason for involvement | "attacked" at gulf of tonkin |
| dates of gulf of tonkin attack | august 2 and 4 1964 |
| us version of gulf of tonkin | torpedoed unprovoked in international waters |
| vietnam version of gulf of tonkin | defending their waters, no torpedoes fired |
| ship attacked in gulf of tonkin | uss maddox |
| tonkin gulf resolution | blank check for vietnam, passed easily thru house and senate |
| operation rolling thunder | bombed ho chi minh trail for 3.5 years |
| the good guys | USA, Republic of Vietnam (s), SEATO |
| bad guys | democratic republic of vietnam (n), vietminh communists, russia, china |
| commander in vietnam | william westmoreland |
| what percent of people in vietnam were drafted | 25% |
| what was the military strategy on the ground | search and destroy |
| what was tough about search and destroy | tough terrain, they had homefield advantage, enemy was elusive |
| what was each soldiers goal | stay alive for 365 days |
| robert macnamara | our defense secretary, came up with body count idea |
| body count | if we kill more of them than they kill of us, we'll win (numbers were inflated because vietnamese took their dead into tunnels and we counted villagers as viet cong) |
| "you can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours, but even at those odds, i will win and you will lose." | ho chi minh |
| average age of soldier in vietnam | 18 yrs 11 months |
| pacification | relocated villagers to larger camps, forced urbanization, to root out communism in villages, villagers didn't like it so we weren't winning hearts and minds of civilians |
| tiger force | prestigious airborne group of 18-24 year olds that were supposed to pacify SV below 17th parallel but really committed war crimes |
| "i have never been more encouraged..." | general westmoreland |
| what is vietnamese new year called | tet |
| what was the result of the tet offensive | credibility gap widens |
| what were the reactions of LBJ to tet offensive (5) | called for negotiations with hanoi, bombing halt, replaced westmoreland with abrams, did not seek nomination, approval rating 35% |
| hawks | for winning the war |
| doves | against the war (dr. king) |
| where was the us embassy in vietnam | saigon |
| "the promises of the great society have been shot down on the battlefields of vietnam." | dr. king |
| troop levels and money spent in lbj's presidency | 550,000 troops... $90 billion |
| pueblo incident | north korea captures uss pueblo |
| "peace with honor" | nixon |
| nixon's reason for involvement | nixon doctrine- idea that us will no longer use troops to solve world problems |
| vietnamization | turning fight over to south vietnamese |
| what other 2 countires besides vietnam did we bomb | cambodia and laos |
| who was the triangular diplomacy between | china, russia, north vietnam |
| who published the pentagon papers in 1971 | daniel ellsberg on purpose gave to new york times |
| my lai massacre | instead of pacifying a village, it was massacred with 567 villagers killed |
| who was responsible for my lai massacre | lt william calley. was convicted of 22 murders. |
| kent state massacre | reflection that vietnam is ripping america apart |
| who were the usa/vietnam negotiations between | henry kissinger/le duc tho |
| "peace is at hand" | nixon said this b4 election |
| ceasefire | jan 27, 1973. we withdrew 27,000 troops, got our pows back, and let SV be self-determined |
| war powers act | limits power of president to send us to war |
| ford's reason for involvement | pacific (ford) doctrine- said we will not give in to communists, we will stay in vietnam and protect the pacific |
| by nixons resignation how many troops are left and how much $ spent | 0 troops left and $72 billion spent |
| ho chi minh offensive/ nva/vc offensive | ford's last push to win the war but congress denied him the $$ |
| uss mayaguez | was captured by cambodian military. 41 ppl died to save 39. total disaster |
| who designed the vietnam war memorial | maya lin |
| total # of americans dead | 58,325 |
| total cost | $173 billion |
| viet president at time of ceasefire | nguyen van theiu |
| triangular diplomacy | nixon's alliance with russia, china, and vietnam where he tried to make them all jealous of each other and compete |
| what general replaced westmoreland | creighton abrams |
| what was the name of nixon's unpredictable bombing scheme | madman theory aka operation duckhook |
| who was the 1st president of south vietnam | diem |
| We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves | LBJ |
| which us prez sent the most troops to vietnam | LBJ |
| who negotiated in paris for vietnam | le duc tho |
| who negotiated in paris for usa | kissinger |
| who was the first president to send advisers to vietnam | truman |
| last president of south vietnam | thieu |
| french leader at time of vietnam war | charles degal |
| what country (other than vietnam) did nixon bomb 1st | cambodia |
| who created the draft | LBJ |
| what gas was sprayed to kill plants | agent orange |
| what term described america's new fear to get involved in a foreign war | vietnam syndrome |
| where did operation rolling thunder bomb | ho chi minh trail |
| capital of south vietnam, "safest palce" | saigon |
| what was exchanged between usa and vietnam at the ceasefire | pows |
| which bombing led to the ceasefire | linebacker ii |
| what special forces did kennedy send | green berets |
| who was the 1st president to remove advisers | kennedy |
| nva stands for | north vietnamese army |
| nlf stands for | national liberation front |
| what was the only ford policy that congress let him carry out | evacuation |
| why did NVA and VC win?? (4) | inappropriate american tactics, no central south vietnamese leadership, nva/vc fought determined and well, soviet and chinese support of vietnam |
| war's effects of vietnam? (3) | went communist, landscape destroyed, human cost |
| war's effects on usa? (6) | credibility gap, 58325 dead, 173 billion spent, cold war loss, vietnam syndrome, war powers act |
| operation frequent wind | american evacuation of vietnam by helicopter from saigon |
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