Chapter 17 History Study Guide

Why the Vietminh formed

formed to win independence from Japan

Two events that convinced Truman to help France in Vietnam

China falls to communism, the Korean War (containment)

When the French left, the US…

stepped in to support South Vietnam

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave

the president wartime powers

Why LBJ did not order a full scale invasion of North Vietnam

afraid to bring China into the war (China involved in Korea…)

After the Tet Offensive, the media

started to criticize the war

Year of the Tet Offensive

deaths reached their peak in Vietnam

Results of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu

convinced the French to withdraw from Indochina

How Eisenhower tried to help

sending military advisors

Why monk set himself on fire

to protest discrimination against Buddhists

News coverage created a

credibility gap

Democratic National Convention

1968 police and protestors clashed

Pentagon Papers

government had not been honest about the war

Geneva Accords

called to unite Vietnam under a single rule

Why Diem was unpopular

was a Catholic that was bad to Buddhists

Domino Effect

if one country falls to communism, they all fall

Teach Ins

college protest, faculty and students skipped class

Napalm

jellied gasoline explosive

My Lai

over 500 civilians massacred by US troops

Strategic Hamlets

fortified villages

Richard Nixon

republican candidate in 1968

Robert Kennedy

democrat assassinated June 5, 1968

All of Vietnam eventually became

communist

Cambodia

US troops invaded (led to Kent State, etc.)

Vietcong

forces from the North and South that were supplied by the North (BAD GUYS)

MIA

soldiers’ whose fates were undetermined (missing in action)

Agent Orange

kills trees and shrubs, causes cancer, birth defects, many other problems (gets rid of jungle, makes it easier to see enemy)

Henry Kissinger

Nixon’s special assistant

Dr. King’s views on the War

criticized the war, disproportionate economically

George Wallace

segregationist presidential candidate

Ho Chi Minh

organized the communists

Ngo Dinh Diem

corrupt South Vietnam leader