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Chapter 29 Social St
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where was Vietnam divided and who controlled what side? | Along the 17th parallel and Ho Chi Minh controlled the North, and Diem controlled the south. |
| Which side was the US on, the North or South? | The South. |
| Who was assasinated in Nov. of 1963? | Diem & his brother and President Kennedy |
| What was the Domino Theory? | A theory that suggested that if one country turned Communist, all the neighboring countries would as well. |
| What was the ground war? | There were no real goals, and was the first war shown on TV. |
| The Viet Cong sent supplies over..? | The Ho Chi Minh Trail. |
| What was the tet offensive? | The North Vietnamese army & the Viet Cong attacked the South and the US & ARVN took over and the Viet Cong was destroyed as well as the Northern army was debilitated. |
| What was the arrangement to make ends meet called/ | Ceasefire |
| What is the 26th Amendment? | The voting age goes from 21...18 |
| What was the war powers act? | This limited the presidents ability to send troops to war without the consent of the congress... |
| What was Indochina made up of? | Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia |
| What was the Cuban Missle Crisis? | Confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union after the Soviet nucleur missles in Cuba |
| Who were the Viet Cong> | South vietnamese who wanted the country to be a whole again! |
| Who were the guerrilias? | Fighters who weakened there enemy by surprise attacks |
| What was the Gulf of Tonkin resolution? | Gave president johnson the power to use military force in vietnam |
| What is escalation? | Process of increasing military involvmenent |
| What was naplam? | Gasoline that burns violently: used as a weapon and to destroy crops. |
| What were doves? | People who opposed the Vietnam war |
| What were hawks? | People who supported the Vietnam war |
| What was Vietnamization? | Strategy for withdrawing troops and turning the ground fighting over to the south vietnamese |
| What President made Vietnamization? | Nixon |
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