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who was the communist leader who organized a guerrilla army to fight to reunify vietnam?
ho chi minh
why did the vietminh for initially in vietnam?
to win independence from japan
what two events convinced truman to help france in vietnam
the fall of china
outbreak of the korean war
what was the fear that communist vietnam would lead to other southeast asia communist governments
domino theort
as a result of the battle at dien bien phu what happened
the french withdrew from indochina
who was the prowestern leader of south vietnam early in the war who was overthrown on a coup and executed
ngo dinh diem
what happened when the french left vietnam
the U S stepped in to protect the pro westen gov't in the south
what temporily divided vietnam along the 17th parallel
geneva accords
what were forces made up of norht and south vietnamese, but supplies by north vietnam
vietcong
why did the vietcongs powere continue to increase in part
the vietcongs use of terror
as the fighting began between the vietcong and south vietnamese army, how did president isenhower try to help south vietnam
by sending military advisors
what did the gulf of tonkin do?
gave its war powers to the president
why did kenedy feal the need to stand up to communism in vietnam
because many republicans blamed the truman admin for loosing china to communism
in south vietnam why did a monk set himself on fire
to protest discrimination against buddist
what was a sustained bombing campain against buddist
operation rolling thunder
what is jellied gasoline that exploads on contact
napalm
what is chemical strips that strip leaves from trees and shrubs
agent orange
what was the goal of agent orange
to destroy the ability to hide in jungles
why did johnson refuse to allow a full scale atack on north vietnams main supply line
because it passed through territories not involved in the war
who was an american commander in south vietnam
wm westmoreland
what were the education hearings on vietnam inteded for
to explain to war to the senate
what did nightly news coverage of the war on telivision help create
a credibility gap
what did martin luther king junior fear
that the war would draw attention for the civil rights movement
after the tet offensive what did the mainstream american media begin to openly critize
the war effort
what marked a major turning point in the war because communist forces scared a major political victory
the tet offensive
what was a democratioc candidate that was assassinated in a california hotel
robert kenedy
in 1968 who clashed outside the dem. national convention
antiwar protestors and police
who was an outspoken segregationist who won over 13% of the popular vote as an independent candidate in the 1968 election
george wallace
what was improving relations with the soviet union and cjina to persuade them to cut back their aid to north vietnam
linkage
where was the massacre of south vietnamese cililians by U S troops
my Lai
what angered congress and caused them to repeal the gulf of tonkin resolution
nixon's decision to invade cambodia
who was nixon's special assisstant for national security affairs
henry kissinger
what was the peace treaty called for the north vietnamese
le duc tho
who was south vietnams president at the end of the war
nguyen van thien
who was the former defense department worker who leaked the pentagon papers to the ny times
daniel ellsberg
what revealed that the gov't had not been honst with the public about vietnam
pentagon papers
what was renamed ho chi minh city after reunification
saigon
what is MIA
missing in action and the fate of the soldier is undetermined
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