Vietnam War Latest Update Graded A

Vietnam War Latest Update Graded A ho chi minh communist leader of North Vietnam was supported by both communist china and soviet union. US motives during vietnam war stop communisms, fill in for french when they left the war, domino theory, the cold war. domino theory the idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control geneva accords a 1953 peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956. *divided across 17th parallel* ngo dihn diem Corrupt leader of South Vietnam, supported by US until his unpopularity (monks burned themselves to show their hatred towards him) led us to approve a coup by the military gulf of tonkin incident 1964: an alleged attack by N. Vietnamese Navy on US destroyers which led Pres. Johnson to order a direct bombing attack on North Vietnam gulf of tonkin resolution 1964 Congressional resolution that authorized President Johnson to commit US troops to south vietnam and fight a war against north Vietnam war powers act of 1973 law passed that require soldiers sent into military action overseas to be brought back within 60 days unless congress approves the action. war of attrition "Kill as many as you can and the enemy will give up." a war based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses guerilla warfare 1967: type of fighting in which soldiers use swift hit-and-run attacks against the enemy *viet cong* credibility gap a public distrust of statements made by the government, This was the gap between the people and the government that grew as the people became disillusioned with the Vietnam war and Watergate because of the media. ho chi minh trail A network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam Why was there an opposition to draft? (Draft evasion) people didn't want to fight and because of ww2 and cold war casualties they were scared Why was there opposition to the war? was extremely brutal. Americans were flabbergasted by horrible things US was doing. So many bombs were dropped. longest war. people didn't think communism was our problem. Defoliants Chemical agents such as Agent Orange that cause leaves to fall from the trees and so make hidden troops more visible from the air Tet offensive 1968 attack by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces throughout South Vietnam. Tet offensive significance 1) intensity of fighting shown on television shattered public confidence in the Johnson administration 2) reinforced importance of television during the Vietnam War 3) led to the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam because North Vietnam was seen as untrustworthy and the American public's opposition for the war grew after this event. Vietnamization 1969: President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces. , policy of equipping and training of the South Vietnamese to fight for themselves who won the vietnam war? North Vietnam: communists. The US had withdrawn from the war. What effect did the Vietnam War have on the US and on ordinary citizens? divided the american public, put US into serious debt, more bombs were dropped in this war than world war II. caused disillusionment. Pentagon Papers 1970: secret government documents published; revealed that the u.s. government had misled Americans about the Vietnam war. Kent State University An Ohio university where National Guardsmen opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War (invasion on cambodia) on May 4, 1970, wounding nine and killing four. counterculture movement Began at Berkeley with free speech movement Beliefs included women's liberation, anti- materialism, and opposition of the wars in Vietnam Experimented with drug and sex Young people who favored the counterculture were called "hippies" The Woodstock Music and Art Festival in New York State (1969) marked the culmination of the counterculture movement who was part of the counterculture movement? Hippies, Beatniks disillusionment a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be. why was dien bien phu significant the vietnamese defeated the french army there ending french administation of the area Viet cong A communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam Hawks Americans who supported the Vietnam War. Doves Americans who opposed the Vietnam War.