Vietnam War

JFK contribution

JFK contribution

________- sent more American troops to support the war.

Geneva Conference

________- international meeting to restore peace in Indochina.

Lottery System

The ________ was a randomized drafting process that had all possible birthdates in pills scrambled in a bowl.

Domino theory

________- principle by Eisenhower that became associated with the involvement in Vietnam, fear that it one country fell to communism that the rest would as well.

Gulf of Tonkin

________- congress authorized military action in southeast Asia, gave congressional Johnson congressional action to escalate the Vietnam War.

Vietcong

________- military forces of the National Liberation Front that wanted to overthrow the South Vietnamese government.

Dien Bein Phu

________- battle where French lost control of Vietnam in 1954.

Guerilla warfare

________- advantage of the Vietcong.

William Westmoreland

________- commander of U.S. ground troops in Vietnam.

Thunder

Operation Rolling ________- bombing campaign in North Vietnam.

Honor

Peace with ________- campaign slogan that Nixon ran under.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

________- network of paths from North to South Vietnam.

Deferments

________- men could receive ________ for religious reasons or attending college full time.

Peace with Honor

campaign slogan that Nixon ran under

Support of the war

people became less supportive of the war as time went on (credibility gap)

My Lai Massacre

murder of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers

Vietnamization

plan to reduce U.S. troops and turn the war over to the South Vietnamese

Gulf of Tonkin

congress authorized military action in southeast Asia, gave congressional Johnson congressional action to escalate the Vietnam War

Robert McNamara

U.S. secretary of defense 1961-1968

William Westmoreland

commander of U.S. ground troops in Vietnam

Domino theory

principle by Eisenhower that became associated with the involvement in Vietnam, fear that it one country fell to communism that the rest would as well

Tet offensive

a major attack by the Vietcong and N. Vietnamese on the South in 1968

End of the war

reunited country under communism, south Vietnamese did not appreciate the efforts by the US

Vietnam War Memorial

goal was to help heal the wounds created by the war

End of My Lai Massacre

an American helicopter arrived and stopped the bloodshed