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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
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