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Vietcong

gaarcos98 — 2015-02-24 16:31:42 UTC

A member of the communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces 1954–75 with the support of the North Vietnamese army and opposed the South Vietnamese and US forces in the Vietnam War.

Domino theory

2015-02-24 16:36:41 UTC

The domino theory was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s, that speculated that if one state in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.

The Gulf of Tonkin Revolution

2015-02-24 16:39:19 UTC

On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.

Escalation

gaarcos98 — 2015-02-24 16:43:42 UTC

Initially, the US only had officers in Vietnam to help order the S. Vietnamese, but eventually airstrikes were ordered and then troops were sent after they realized that N. Vietnam was an admirable force to be reckoned with.

Operation Rolling Thunder

2015-02-24 16:47:03 UTC

the title of a gradual and sustained US 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), US Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) aerial bombardment campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968, during the Vietnam War.

Ho Chi Minh

2015-02-24 16:47:16 UTC

was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

Viet Minh

2015-02-24 16:50:52 UTC

League for the Independence of Vietnam") was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó on May 19, 1941.

Ho Chi Minh Trial

2015-02-24 16:53:50 UTC

a logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) to the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) through the neighboring kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia.

Defoliants

gaarcos98 — 2015-02-24 16:54:46 UTC

Agent Orange was a powerful mixture of chemical defoliants used by U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, as well as crops that might be used to feed them. However, defoliants had tremendous effects on the people, causing disorders and cancer.

Students for a Democratic Society

2015-02-24 16:59:26 UTC

was a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main representations of the New Left. The organization developed and expanded rapidly in the mid-1960s before dissolving at its last convention in 1969.

J.William Fulbright

2015-02-24 17:00:24 UTC

J. William Fulbright was a united states senator for Arkansas who voted and sponsered the Gulf of Tonin Resolution which eneded up escalating the war.

Ngo Dinh Diem

2015-02-24 17:01:22 UTC

He was the first president of South Vietnam. In the wake of the French withdrawal from Indochina as a result of the 1954 Geneva Accords, Diệm led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam

The Draft

2015-02-26 16:14:38 UTC

it has been employed by the federal government on three occasions. The third incarnation of the draft came into being in 1940 through the select training and service act. It was the country's first peacetime draft. From 1940 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means

Tet Offensive

2015-02-26 16:16:51 UTC

The Tet Offensive was the largest military campaign of Vietnam, It was launched in January 30, 1968

Richard Nixon and Henry Kissingner

2015-02-26 16:22:48 UTC

1. Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States of America. He is the only one resign his presidency.

2. Henry Kissinger is an american diplomat and a political scientist

Vietnam Verteran's Memorial

2015-02-26 16:28:29 UTC

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a 3 acres national memorial in Washington, D.C. It honors U.S. service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War, service members who died in service.

Vietnamization

2015-02-26 16:32:35 UTC

this was a policy created by Richard Nixon which was administered during the Vietnam War to end the U.S involvement in the war and to expand, equip, and train the South's Vietnam soldiers.

Dien Bien Phu

gaarcos98 — 2015-02-26 16:32:58 UTC

Dien Bien Phu was a crushing defeat for the French. Dien Bien Phuwas a military and psychological defeat for the French in Vietnam.

The 26 ammendment

2015-02-26 16:36:52 UTC

The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.

Kent State Shooting

2015-02-26 16:38:34 UTC

Also known as the May 4th or the Kent State Massacre, occurred at Kent State University in the state of Kent, Ohio. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a 13 second, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis

Search and Destroy Mission

gaarcos98 — 2015-02-26 16:40:33 UTC

U.S. military tactic of attrition used in Vietnam between 1965 and 1968. Search and destroy relied on the assumption that American firepower and technology were so superior and could cause such severe casualties that neither the Viet Cong (VC) nor the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) would be able to withstand the punishment the United States could visit upon them.

The Fall of Saigon

2015-02-26 16:43:41 UTC

The Fall of Saigon occured in April 30, 1975 when Viet Cong

forces captured Saigon obligating South Vietnam troops to surrender.

The Credibility Gap

2015-02-26 16:47:58 UTC

this was a satirical comedy team comprising Harry Shearer, Richard Beebe, David L. Lander and Michael McKean

Doves and Hawks

gaarcos98 — 2015-02-26 16:51:10 UTC

The hawks believed that due to the agression of North Vietnamese it forced us into the war. They thought that the United States should do what ever is necessary to win. Doves think that the problem in Vietnam is a civil war. They thought that the United States had no right to be in their conflicts.

War Powers Act

2015-02-26 16:56:13 UTC

The War Powers Act of 1941, also known as the First War Powers Act, was an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. The act was signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and put into law on December 18, 1941, less than two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Media and The War

2015-02-26 16:56:55 UTC

Media plays a huge roles during war, because its an essential way to inform the people and the world of whats goig on, as well it can be used to make things better or worse.

The Anti War Movement

2015-02-26 16:57:27 UTC

An anti-war movement is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict

Robert S. McNamara

gaarcos98 — 2015-02-26 17:04:28 UTC

Robert S. McNamara led the U.S. into the Vietnam war and spent the remainder of his life wrestling with its moral consequences.

Pentagon Paper

2015-02-26 17:07:27 UTC

the papers revealed that the U.S. had secretly enlarged the scale of the Vietnam War with the bombings of nearby Cambodia and Laos, coastal raids on North Vietnam, and Marine Corps attacks, none of which were reported in the mainstream media

Ali Te Ama

2015-02-27 15:16:53 UTC