Vietnam War
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| Ho Chi Minh | leader of North Vietnam
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| Vietninh | Communist group led by Ho Chi Minh
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| domino theory | Theory that if Vietnam fell to Communism, all other SE Asian countries would follow.
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| Dien Bien Phu | major French outpost captured by Vietnam. Also a decisive Vietnamese military victory that brought an end to French colonial rule in Vietnam.
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| Geneva Accords | peace agreement that split Vietnam in two at the 17th Parallel
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| Ngo Dinh Diem | leader of South Vietnam that was originally backed by the U.S
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| Vietcong | communist rebel group in South Vietnam
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| Ho Chi Minh trail | network of paths running between North and South Vietnam
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| Tonkin Gulf Resolution | resolution that allowed President Johnson to fight in Vietnam
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| William Westmoreland | commander of US troops in Vietnam
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| Napalm | gasoline-based explosive
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| Agent Orange | chemical that destroyed jungle land
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| search-and-destroy mission | tactic in which US troops destroyed Vietnamese villages
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| credibility gap | situation in which the US public no longer believed in the Johnson administration
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| Vietnamization | President Nixon's plan for ending America's involvement in the war and turn the war over to the people of Vietnam.
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| silent majority | those mainstream Americans who supported Nixon's policies
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| Pentagon Papers | government documents that showed the government had no plan for leaving Vietnam
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| Henry Kissinger | Nixon adviser who helped negotiate an end to the war
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| Khmer Rouge | communist group that took control of Cambodia
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| War Powers Act | act that forbids the president from mobilizing troops without Congressional approval
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| Hawks | People who supported the war in Vietnam.
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| Doves | People who opposed the war in Vietnam.
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| France | Country that colonized Vietnam until they suffered a defeat in WWII.
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