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