Preble SS11: Ch 29 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Domino theory | Belief that if a country fell into communism, nearby countries would follow |
French Indochina | French-ruled colony made up of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia |
Ho Chi Minh Trail | Secret route used by North Vietnamese to send troops and supplies to the Viet Cong |
Viet Cong | South Vietnamese who fought to overthrow the Diem government and reunite the country under Communist rule |
John F. Kennedy | US president from 1961-1963 |
Lyndon B. Johnson | US president from 1963-1969 |
Ngo Dinh Diem | Leader of South Vietnam |
Nikita Khrushchev | Leader of the Soviet Union 1953 – 1964 |
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | 1964 legislation that gave President Johnson the power the use military force in Vietnam |
Guerrilla warfare | Surprise attacks by small bands of fighters |
Napalm | Jellied gasoline that burns violently; used to destroy vegetation and as a weapon |
Agent Orange | Chemical that kills plants; used in Vietnam to expose Viet Cong hideouts |
Tet offensive | Surprise Communist attack on US and South Vietnamese forces in 1968; further weakened American support for the war |
Ho Chi Minh | Leader of Communist Vietnam; revolutionary-founder of the Indochinese Communist Party |
Counterculture | Movement of mostly young Americans who had become disillusioned with the Vietnam War and injustices in society |
Richard Nixon | Republican president elected in 1968 |
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