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chapter 17
The Vietnam War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Going to War in Vietnam | In 1930 Ho Chi Minh became an advocate of communism |
| Going to War in Vietnam | During WWII, the US helped Indochina fight the Japanese |
| Going to War in Vietnam | After WWII, France refused to give Indochina independence |
| Going to War in Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh fought the French |
| Going to War in Vietnam | President Eisenhower sent aid to help the French retain control |
| Going to War in Vietnam | After Dien Bien Phu, France withdrew; the Geneva Accord created North and South Vietnam |
| Going to War in Vietnam | North Vietnam became communist |
| Going to War in Vietnam | US leaders feared a domino effect if South Vietnam fell |
| Going to War in Vietnam | After the Gulf of Tonkin, Johnson escalated US involvement and Americans appalauded |
| Going to War in Vietnam | American forces used napalm to destroy the landscape |
| Vietnam divides the nation | Americans questioned government honesty and a credibility gap developed |
| Vietnam divides the nation | Vietnam was the first television war |
| Vietnam divides the nation | war casualties and an unfair draft system caused civil unres |
| Vietnam divides the nation | In 1971 the Twenty-sixth amendment was ratified. |
| Vietnam divides the nation | The US was divided by hawks and doves |
| Vietnam divides the nation | In 1968, a surprise Tet Offensive was launched |
| Vietnam divides the nation | MLK and Robert Kennedy were assinated |
| Vietnam divides the nation | Antiwar protesters clashed at the Democratic Convention |
| Vietnam divides the nation | Nixon was elected on promises to end the war |
| The War Winds Down | Kissinger negotiated an end to the war |
| The War Winds Down | Nixon reduced troops while secretly bombing Cambodia |
| The War Winds Down | After the My Lai massacre, Americans felt the war was senseless |
| The War Winds Down | After Cambodia was invaded, four student protesters were killed at Kent State |
| The War Winds Down | Nixon lost congressional support and they passed the War Powers Act to limit his power |
| The War Winds Down | IN 1971 the Pentagon Papers were leaked |
| The War Winds Down | In January 1973, the war eneded |
| The War Winds Down | In 1975, South Vietnam fell |
| The War Winds Down | Americans wanted to forget the war, and veterans went unrecognized |
| The War Winds Down | In 1982, the Vietnam Memorial was dedicated |
| The War Winds Down | After Vietnam and Watergate, Americans became cynical about the government |
| How did President Eisenhower defend his position for sending advisers to Vietnam? | He thought that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of southeast Asia would too following the domino theory |
| Explain how the Vietminh defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu | The French used Hit and Run tactics and ambush tactics known as guerrilla |
| How did president Nixon reduce the number of troops in Vietnam without loosing a strong US presence in the area? | Through vietnamization & at the same time he used air strikes against north Vietnam and bombed areas near cambodia |
| Strategic | important to the success of another plan |
| media | a means of communication |
| generation | group of individuals who were born/ live during the same period of time |
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Mandolyn