Vietnam War Memorial by Molly Everett

The Domino Theory

everettmolly — 2015-02-25 18:41:27 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.

Ho Chi Mihn

everettmolly — 2015-02-25 18:47:35 UTC

Ho Chi Mihn , was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Party of Vietnam. He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People's Army of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Vietminh

everettmolly — 2015-02-25 18:49:31 UTC

Vietminh was a national independence coalition formed at Pac Bo on May 19, 1941.

Ngo Dinh Diem

xxhoopmixtapexx — 2015-02-25 18:51:24 UTC

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

Dien Bien Phu

everettmolly — 2015-02-25 18:52:34 UTC

The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the decisive battle in the first Indochina War (1946–54).

Vietcong

xxhoopmixtapexx — 2015-02-25 18:52:55 UTC

The Viet Cong was a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War, and emerged on the winning side.

Escalation

xxhoopmixtapexx — 2015-02-25 18:53:36 UTC

Escalation is the process of increasing or rising, derived from the concept of an escalator. US escalation in Vietnam came in the wake of Lyndon Johnson’s victory in the presidential election of November 1964.

Defoliants

xxhoopmixtapexx — 2015-02-25 18:55:54 UTC

A defoliant is any chemical sprayed or dusted on plants to cause its leaves to fall. The U.S. military defoliated regions of Vietnam during the Vietnam war.

Operation Rolling Thunder

reaganshadwick — 2015-02-25 19:03:34 UTC

During the Vietnam War, as part of the strategic bombing campaign known as Operation Rolling Thunder, U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968.

The Ho Chi Minh Trail

reaganshadwick — 2015-02-25 19:21:52 UTC

The Ho Chi Minh trail was a logistical system that ran from the democratic republic of Vietnam to the republic of Vietnam through the neighboring kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia.

Doves and Hawks

2015-02-25 19:23:50 UTC

Doves and Hawks are terms applied to people based upon their views about a military conflict. A dove is someone who opposes the use of military pressure to resolve a dispute; a hawk favors entry into war.

J. William Fullbright

everettmolly — 2015-02-25 19:26:33 UTC

J. William Fullbright was a U.S. Senator that was known for his opposition of American involvement in the Vietnam war.

Students for a Democratic Society

reaganshadwick — 2015-02-25 19:27:09 UTC

In 1965 America came involved in the Vietnam war. The students had a interesting twist to their group, rather than wanting their country to succeed in war, they wanted America's enemies to be victorious, if America was not willing to withdraw from the war.

Robert S. McNamara

2015-02-25 19:27:43 UTC

Mcnamara was the secretary of defense under president Kennedy and known for being one of the most controversial and recognizable figures

Gulf of Tonkin

2015-02-25 19:48:01 UTC

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave broad congressional approval for expansion of the Vietnam War. During the spring of 1964, military planners had developed a detailed design for major attacks on the North, but at that time President Lyndon B. Johnson and his advisers feared that the public would not support an expansion of the war.

Works Cited

everettmolly — 2015-02-25 19:51:20 UTC

http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war

http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history

http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ho_chi_minh.shtml

Search and Destroy

2015-02-25 19:54:11 UTC

The idea was to insert ground forces into hostile territory, search out the enemy, destroy them, and withdraw immediately afterward.

The Draft

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:00:53 UTC

On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service System of the U.S. conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from 1944 to 1950. These lotteries occurred during "the draft"—a period of conscription, controlled by the President, from just before World War II to 1973..

The Media and the War

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:01:06 UTC

Many have claimed that the media contributed to the U.S. losing the war, because the media was generally against the war.

The Antiwar Movement

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:01:11 UTC

When the war in Vietnam began, many Americans believed that defending South
Vietnam from communist aggression was in the national interest. A large movement protesting the Vietnam war began and this contributed to the loss of this war.

Tet Offensive

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:01:30 UTC

The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam war. It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian commands and control centers throughout South Vietnam.^[

Richard Nixon

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:01:41 UTC

In his first term as president, Richard Nixon promised the American public that he would reduce U.S. troop levels in Vietnam. He pursued a plan he called "Vietnamization".

Vietnmamization

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:01:53 UTC

Vietnmamization was a proposition that the U.S. would gradually withdraw from the war, leaving the South Vietnamese army to shoulder the bulk of the fighting.

Kent State Shootings

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:02:12 UTC

The Kent State Shootings involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.

Pentagon Papers

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:02:28 UTC

The papers were discovered and released by Daniel Ellsiberg, and first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of The New York TImes in 1971. A 1996 article in The New York Times said that the Pentagon Papers had demonstrated, among other things, that the Johnson Administration "systemically lied not only to the public, but to Congress"

Twenty Sixth Amendment

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:02:42 UTC

The twenty sixth amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old the right to vote

The Credibility Gap

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:03:06 UTC

the credibility was a satirical comedy team comprising Harry Shearer, Richard Beebe, David L. Lander and Michael Mckean, Lew Irwin, John Gilliand, and Thom Beck.

War Powers Act

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:03:11 UTC

The War powers resolution of 1973 is a federal law intended to check the power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of congress

The Fall of Saigon

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:03:24 UTC

The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon the capital of South Saigon by the peoples army of saigon on April 30, 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam war and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of vietnam into a socialist republic , governed by the communist party of vietnam

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

everettmolly — 2015-02-27 19:03:35 UTC

The vietnam veterans memorial is a 3 acres national memorial in Washington DC It honors U.S. service members of the U.S armed forces who fought in the vietnam war service members who died in service in Vietnam/South East Asia, and those service members who were unaccounted for during the War.

Telivision in the 1950s

everettmolly — 2015-03-05 19:09:27 UTC

The wide accessibility of television introduced a new, influential form of media that contributed to the credibility gap in the U.S.. More homes in the U.S. had access to telivision and were able to keep up with current events.

War Experience

everettmolly — 2015-03-05 19:09:59 UTC

Post War

everettmolly — 2015-03-05 19:10:50 UTC

everettmolly — 2015-03-09 18:44:13 UTC

Interview

everettmolly — 2015-03-09 18:44:13 UTC