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Vietnam Vocabulary Review. Ngo Dinh Diem  Noncommunist leader of S. Vietnam.

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1 Vietnam Vocabulary Review

2 Ngo Dinh Diem  Noncommunist leader of S. Vietnam

3 Ho Chi Minh  Communist leader of North Vietnam

4 Viet Cong  People who live in S. Vietnam but supported N. Vietnam & Ho Chi Minh

5 William Westmoreland  American General who led troops in Vietnam

6 Doves People who were against the war in Vietnam

7 Hawks  People who supported the war in Vietnam

8 Richard Nixon  Elected president in 1968 & promised to get the U.S. out of Vietnam

9 Agent Orange  Herbicide used to kill jungles in Vietnam

10 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  Gave the president unlimited power over war in Vietnam

11 Ho Chi Minh Trail  Trail that went through N. Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and then into S. Vietnam. Used by North for troops & supplies.

12 Escalation  Increasing involvement in the Vietnam War by the U.S.

13 Guerrilla warfare  Style of fighting used by the Viet Cong. (hit & run attacks)

14 Domino theory  Belief that if one country fell to communism in Asia they all would

15 French Indochina  French colony made up of Laos, Cambodia, & Vietnam

16 Tet offensive  Major attack by N. Vietnam on over 100 cities on holiday of Tet

17 Bombing in Cambodia  Attempt by Nixon to destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail

18 Vietnamization  Gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces in Vietnam under Nixon

19 Geneva Accords  Divided Vietnam in 2 in 1954. Promised unifying elections in 1956

20 Napalm  Jelly like substance that burned jungles of Vietnam

21 Paris Peace Accords  Peace treaty that ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam

22 Pentagon Papers  Secret government documents that were leaked and provided proof that the government lied about U.S. successes in Vietnam.


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