Vietnam War by kendall john

Students for a Democractic Society

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-24 20:44:24 UTC

Escalation

2015-02-24 20:46:19 UTC

Years of Escalation were during 1965-68.

Trouble was arising and Conress said to do whatever necessaery to stay secured.

Student for a Democratic Society (SDS)

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-24 20:50:24 UTC

(a political movement in the 1960s and 1970s consisting of educators, agitators and others who sought to implement a broad range of reforms on issues such as gay rights, abortion, gender roles, and drugs

Dien Bien Phu - Amal

2015-02-24 21:06:28 UTC

the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expodetionary Corps and Viet Minhcommunist-nationalist revolutaniries..

Operation Rolling Thunder

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-24 21:10:45 UTC

Operation Thunder was athe strategic bombing campaign by U.S. military, aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968.

Domino Theory

2015-02-24 21:12:12 UTC

IT was a theory that if one main nation were to fall under the rule of communism that every one would follow suit just as a domino's would.

J. William Fulbright

2015-02-24 21:17:01 UTC

We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.

J. William Fulbright

2015-02-24 21:18:57 UTC

He was a Southern Democrat who supported the United Narions and he was also one of the longest servin chairmen in the history of Senate Foreign Relations.

Ho Chi Minh - Amal

2015-02-24 21:35:28 UTC

A Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. He helped found the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the People's Army of Vietnam.

Ngo Dinh Diem - Amal

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The first president of South Vietnam after the 1954 Geneva Accords. He was a leader in creating the Republic of Vietnam. He then became a dictator of South Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh Trail - Amal

2015-02-24 21:41:22 UTC

A logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the Republic of Vietnam. It also went through Laos and Cambodia. It provided support to the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam.

Operation Rolling Thunder

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-24 21:41:41 UTC

The 26th Amendment

kiannahawkins — 2015-02-26 20:46:44 UTC

Split into two esctions. The first section lowered the voting age to 18. The second section stated that Congress shall have the power to enforce this article.

Anti War Movement

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-26 20:48:16 UTC

Opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietname War very large demoncstrations from 1967 until 1971.Counter-cultural songs, organizations, plays and other literary works encouraged a spirit of nonconformism, peace, and anti-establishmentarianism.

J. William Fulbright

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-26 20:55:15 UTC

Ngo Dinh Diem

2015-02-26 21:00:19 UTC

a conservative anti-communist who overthrew Bao Dai, the emperor of southern Vietnam, when it seemed likely that a communist leader would be elected in the upcoming election.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

kiannahawkins — 2015-02-26 21:01:13 UTC

3 Acre national memorial located in Washington DC. Honors the fallen soldiers that fought in the Veitnam War, those that were missing in action during the war, and those who fought in the war as well.

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-26 21:05:47 UTC

The Fall of Saigon

kiannahawkins — 2015-02-26 21:05:49 UTC

Took place on April 30, 1975 and was the capturing of South Vietnams captial, Saigon. Saigon was captured by the People's Army of Vietnam and Liberation Front of South Vietnam

Vietcong

2015-02-26 21:05:51 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.

The Escalation Forces

2015-02-26 21:09:06 UTC

The Tonkin Gulf Resolution gave the President a"BLANK CHECK" to wage the war in Vietnam as he saw fit. After Lyndon Johnson was elected President in his own right that November, he chose escalate the conflict.

The Draft

2015-02-26 21:09:39 UTC

It was called the Draft Lottery done in 1969. It was the way they called pople to military service in the Veitnam War. It was by men born from 1944-1950

Tet Offensive - Amal

2015-02-26 21:09:59 UTC

One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. It was launched by the Viet Cong and the People's Army of Vietnam against South Vietnam, the US, and their allies.

Kent State Shootings

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-26 21:10:13 UTC

On May 4, 1970, some of the students were shot while protesting the Cambodian Campaign, which President Richard Nixon announced during a television address on April 30. Other students were shot while walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance.^[

The Draft

2015-02-26 21:11:45 UTC

Pentagon Papers - Amal

2015-02-26 21:13:15 UTC

Papers by the United States Department of Defense about the history of the US's political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.

Anti-War Song by Buffalo Springfield (1967

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-26 21:16:29 UTC

The Credibility Gap

2015-02-26 21:18:02 UTC

It is and apparent difference between what is said or promised and what happen or is true.

This had first originated in 1960 when the American public expressed their lack of confidance

Kent State Shootings

kendallsaharajo — 2015-02-26 21:20:32 UTC

The Credibility Gap

2015-02-26 21:21:46 UTC

The War Act

2015-02-26 21:23:18 UTC

In 1941 also known as The First War Powers Act, it was an American emergency law that increased federal power during WWII. It was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and put in action December 18, 1941.

Te War Act

2015-02-26 21:27:37 UTC