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9642885128VietminhCommunists in North Vietnam. Originally were formed to win independence from France.0
9642885129VietcongCommunist rebel forces made up of Vietnamese that were supplied by North Vietnam Blend with jungle, used Booby traps1
9642885130Ho Chi MinhThe communist leader of North Vietnam2
9642885131Ho Chi Minh TrailUsed by North Vietnam to send arms and supplies south by way of a network of jungle paths3
9642885132Ngo Dinh DiemThe highly unpopular leader of South Vietnam, who was initially supported by the US4
9642885133Gulf of Tonkin ResolutionGave Johnson a blank check to fight the war in Vietnam. Empowered President Lyndon Johnson to greatly increase U.S. military involvement in Vietnam5
9642885134American Tacticsbombing campaign against the north, called operation Rolling Thunder, massive search and destroy missions to find Vietnamese fighters, decreasing the moral of enemy through a war of attrition.6
9642885135Agent OrangeUsed to clear forest vegetation that could hide Viet Cong soldiers.7
9642885136Vietnam Draftperson could avoid be drafted if they went to college, Minorities and low-income people were more likely to be sent to Vietnam, Some people refused to be drafted and fled the country or were arrested.8
9642885137Tet OffensiveNew Years eve/day attack on South Vietnam /U.S. It increased the credibility gap between what President Lyndon Johnson said about the Vietnam War and what Americans saw on television9
9642885138My Laimassacre of South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops10
9642885139Invasion of CambodiaNixon ordered ,American people angered results in multiple protests in America11
9642885140VietnamizationBegan in 1970. The removal of American troops while replacing them with South Vietnamese troops12
9642885141Domino TheoryIf one Nation falls to Communism other countries in close proximity will fall.13
9642885142War Powers ActAmerica can promise troops to major military operations in foreign countries. Attempt to resolve the problem caused by the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution14
9642885143Credibility GapWhat America sees on TV and what was actually happening or they were being told what is going on in Vietnam.15
96428851441968 Democratic ConventionChicago Anti-war protesters clash/fight police16
9642885146HippiesPart of the counterculture. Middle Class + White. upset with the way that society was run and how it was dealing with the problems of the time.17
9642885147Kent StateProtest here over the invasion of Cambodia. National Guard troops fired at protesters killing 4 of them.18
9642885148Pentagon PapersPublished in 1971. Exposed the deception that had led the United States into the Vietnam War.19
9642885149Results of Vietnam WarUS reluctant to intervene countries problems, MIAs and POWs, Americans saw war as a defeat. , $150 billion spent on war20
9642885150April 1975South Vietnam's government falls, ending the long years of the war.21
9642885151Outcome of the WarStrongly effected by public opinion.22
9642885152Battle of Dien Bien PhuFrench lose French Indochina War and withdraw from Vietnam23
9642885153S Vietnam Monk purpose of Self-ImmolationProtest discrimination against Buddhists24
9642885154Treatment of Vietnam Veterans returning to USAShunned or ignored by the public25
9642885155Martin Luther King's issue with Vietnam WarHe believed it was unfair that they were fighting for a country that threatened them unfairly at home.26
9642885156Impact of War on VotingLowered the voting age from 21-18 (since 18 yr olds can be drafted)27
9642885157Geneva AccordsDivided Vietnam into North and South at the 17th Parallel28
9642885158Media after Tet OffensiveBegan to openly criticize the war29
9642885159Why did the US step in when the French left Vietnam?To protect the Pro-Westerngovernment in the South30
9642885160Jim Crow Lawssegregation laws31
9642885161Sharecroppingeconomic slavery, endless cycle of debt and poverty32
9642885162Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, KS1954, Unanimous decision to overturn; "separate, but equal"-"inherently unequal", "with all deliberate speed", Precedent, The Warren Court33
9642885163Thurgood Marshalllawyer in the Brown vs Board of Education; first non-white man in the Supreme Court34
9642885164"White Flight"whites flee to suburban area as minorities move into inner cities35
9642885165Emmett Till14 year old boy visiting his cousins in MS from Chicago; beaten, mutilated, and shot for saying "Bye Baby" to white lady-murders found not guilty in a short trial; murders latter admitted guilt36
9642885166Impact of Televisiona new consumer product broadened the impact of the civil rights movement37
9642885167Montgomery Bus Boycott381 day bus boycott that started in Montgomery, AL and spread across the country38
9642885168Sit-In movement (Nashville)College students would sit at the white only counters and nonviolently protest, started in Feb., 1960 in Greensboro, NC, movement spreads all across the country39
9642885169Freedom Rides1961-tested their rights of non-segregated interstate travel, traveling from Washington DC through the deep South, nearly beaten to death/KKK fire bombed buses40
9642885170Ole Miss (James Meredith)decorated US army veteran wanted to attend Ole Miss, riots in the streets, US Marshals came to protest James Meredith; bombs& mobs as he arrives in Oxford, 35 Marshals shot, 2 people died41
9642885171March on WashingtonMarch For Jobs & Freedom Wed. Aug. 28th, 300 thousand people, MLK gives I had a dream speech42
964288517224th Amendmentprohibited Congress & the states(TX, AL, VA, MS, AR) from instituting poll taxes43
9642885173Civil Rights Act of 1964prohibited racial segregation/discrimination in public accommodations44
9642885174Voting Rights Act of 1965prohibited use literacy test for voter registration45
9642885175poll taxes; literacy textsused to prevent black people from being able to vote46
9642885176Freedom Summercivil rights groups went down to Mississippi to register black voters; three activists murdered: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, & Michael Schwerner47
9642885177Malcolm X"By any means necessary" promoted self defense, converted to the Islamic faith in prison assassinated in February, 196548
9642885178March from Selma to Montgomeryfor voting rights, register black voters, The Mississippi Summer Project; MS blackest state, but only 4% were registered49
9642885179Black Pantherssocial movement group started in 1966; equality, self defense, community based, educated/feed children50

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