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Stack #41851
Vietnam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| · 58,000 | Americans died in Vietnam War |
| April 30, 1975 | Surrender of South Vietnam to North Vietnam |
| March 1973 | US troops leave Vietnam |
| Kent State, Ohio | May 1970, National Guard troops opened fire into the crowd of demonstrators and killed 4 students |
| Agent Orange | chemical which was sprayed on jungles to clear areas |
| college deferrment | those who could afford college tuition could avoid the draft |
| draft | unvoluntary recruitment into military |
| Mai Lai Massacre in 1968 | of 200 villagers by American soldiers |
| Tet Offensive | January 1968, the Viet Cong struck at cities throughout the South, including Saigon. |
| Johnson’s Secretary of Defense | Robert McNamara |
| guerrilla warfare | defensive strategy suited to the geography and climate |
| domino theory | theory about one country following politics (communism) of neighboring country |
| Gulf of Tonkin | supposedly U.S. destroyer "Maddox" patrolling off the coast of North Vietnam was attacked |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Johnson used the incident to ask Congress for power to send troops into Vietnam. |
| Viet Cong | Communists in the South |
| President Diem | Ruler of South Vietnam who was anti-Communist. |
| Ho Chi Minh Trail | a supply route through Cambodia and Laos |
| Ho Chi Minh | a Vietnamese patriot and Communist leader, educated in Paris |
| Geneva Accord | divided Indochina into 4 countries: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand |
| US embassy is evacuated and Vietnam is reunited on April 30 | 1975 |
| Cease fire fails and fighting begins again | 1974 |
| Cease fire signed on Jan 27 Draft ends Last US troops leave on March 29 | 1973 |
| Nixon reelected President | 1972 |
| Lt Calley | convicted of MyLai massacre |
| Prince Sihanouk | Cambodian ruler |
| Members of Geneva Peace Accords | Vietminh, French, Russians, Chinese, Americans |
| MyLai massacre | 1969 wanton killing of civilians in Vietnam |
| 540,000 | Americans soldiers serving in Vietnam |
| Richard Nixon elected Pres, promise to end war | 1968 |
| Operation "Rolling Thunder" | massive carpet bombing of North Vietnam in 1965 |
| Northern Vietnam leader in 1956 | Communist Ho Chi Minh |
| Southern Vietnam President in 1956 who repressed Buddhist populations | Ngo Dinh Diem |
| Battle of Dienbienphu | 1954, Vietnamese defeat French |
| matrifocal culture | family units centered around mothers |
| Trung Sisters | Led rebellion over 25o years of Chinese domination but failed |
| Le Loi | Legendary Leader who forced China into treaty recognizing Vietnam independence "forever" |
| French rule of Indochina | 1860-1890 |
| Woodrow Wilson | President of US who ignored letter when Ho Chi Minh wrote asking for Vietnam independence from France; |
| Japanese occupation of Indochina | during WWII |
| liberation force who faught Japan and French in 1941 | Vietminh led by Ho Chi Minh |
| Japanese defeated in Indochina by Vietminh | 1945 |
| French Vietnam War between North and South Vietnam | 1946-1954 |
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