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6816642142America's purpose in Vietnam Warstop the spread of communism0
6816642144Ho Chi MinhVietnamese communist leader wanted independence for Vietnam1
6816642146VietminhHo Chi Minh's organization to fight for Vietnamese independence2
6816642149Domino theoryPresident Eisenhower's theory that communism would spread through Asian countries3
6816642150communisma political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country4
6816642153Ngo Dinh DIEMnon communist South Vietnamese president, supported by US5
6816642154VietcongSouth Vietnamese group against Diem starting in 19576
6816642155Ho Chi Minh Trailpaths by which Ho Chi Minh supplied weapons to Vietcong in the south7
6816642159Tonkin Gulf ResolutionAugust 1964 the USS Maddox & another destroyer claim to be attacked in Tonkin Gulf, Johnson uses the excuse to bomb Vietnam8
6816642169napalmgasoline based bomb by US to set fire to the jungle9
6816642170Agent OrangeUS used this leaf killing toxic chemical - blamed for caners in veterans10
6816642172Search and destroy missionsburning villages and killing animals while looking for Vietcong, creating 3 million refugees11
6816642173guerillaa member of an irregular armed force (Vietcong) that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment12
6816642177draftSelective Service System, men 18-26 called to military service13
6816642178why the draft was unfairmany wealthy men got out of it by medical exemption, joining National Guard or Coast Guard OR college.14
6816642183SDC Students for a Democratic Society1960, wanted greater individual freedom, less power for government and large corporations15
6816642184Free Speech Movement1964, university student movement16
6816642187Why protesters opposed the war1. America had no business in Vietnam 2. war was taking America's strength 3. war is morally wrong17
6816642189conscientious objectorsopposed to going to war, some served as medics, some fled to Canada or went to jail18
6816642190Tet offensive1968 month long battle starting on Tet, Vietnamese New Year, shocked Americans19
6816642192Henry KissingerPresident Nixon's National Security Advisor, planned to end American's involvement in Vietnam20
6816642193Richard Nixonelected president 1969, announced US withdrawal from Vietnam21
6816642194The Fall of SaigonMarch 1975, North Vietnam took over South Vietnam22
6816642195Death toll58,000 Americans dead, 303,000 wounded, over 2 million Vietnamese23
6816642196VietnamizationNixon and Kissinger's plan to withdraw gradually from Vietnam24
6816642197My Lai1969, US military massacred 200 innocent Vietnamese when they couldn't find Vietcong in My Lai25
6816642198Kent State Universityanti war protest, 1970, National Guard killed 4, wounded 926
6816642199Pentagon Papersdocument revealing secret plan for the war kept from American people27

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