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Vietnam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Containment | US reason for going to Vietnam was part of this policy |
| Cold War | US involvement in Vietnam was part of this 'war' |
| Ho Chi Minh | Leader of North Vietnam and name of the trail used by Vietcong |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Gave LBJ full power to wage war in Vietnam (passed in 1963) |
| Agent Orange | chemical used to destroy greenery and vegetation of the jungle |
| Napalm | fire bomb |
| Vietcong | S. Vietnamese communists (VC) who fought the Americans |
| Living room war | Vietnam War could be watched on TV by Americans sitting at home |
| Credibility Gap | Difference between what the military was saying about the war and what the media was reporting |
| Hawks | pro-war supporters |
| Doves | anti-war protesters (like college students) |
| Nineteen | average age of the US soldier |
| Draft | Being made to go to war, the US depended more and more on soldiers who served due to this |
| Tet Offensive | Turning point of the war when the enemy struck S. Vietnam on a holiday |
| Vietnamization | Nixon's plan to turn over the war to the South Vietnamese |
| Pentagon Papers | documents that showed the US military had been misleading the American people about the war |
| 26 | Amendment that lowered the voting age |
| War Powers Act | This law limited the president's power to wage war. Congress has to approve of troops staying in battle longer than 60 days |
| PTSD | post-traumatic stress disorder, what veterans dealt with after returning from war |
| 58,000 | # of Americans who died in the war |
| Kent State | College campus where 4 people were killed by national guardsmen |
| Great Society | LBJ's program to help poor Americans but the cost of the Vietnam War took money away from this program |