Vietnam War
Deferments- men could receive deferments 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)
Kent State Massacre- was an example of the widening credulity gap
Vietcong- military forces of the National Liberation Front that wanted to overthrow the South Vietnamese government
My Lai Massacre- murder of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers
Operation Rolling Thunder- bombing campaign in North Vietnam
Vietnamization - plan to reduce U.S. troops and turn the war over to the South Vietnamese
Ho Chi Minh Trail- network of paths from North to South Vietnam
Dien Bein Phu- battle where French lost control of Vietnam in 1954
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
Geneva Conference- international meeting to restore peace in Indochina
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
Guerilla warfare- advantage of the Vietcong
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
JFK contribution - sent more American troops to support the war
End of My Lai Massacre - an American helicopter arrived and stopped the bloodshed
The Kent State Massacre, My Lai Massacre, and media coverage led to a widening credibility gap.
The Lottery System was a randomized drafting process that had all possible birthdates in pills scrambled in a bowl. A random pill would be chosen and whoever had that birthday was forced to enter into the military, with the earliest ones being immediately forced to leave. This form of drafting was fair due to it being a more random version of the draft, based only on what day someone was born, not where they live or how.
Deferments- men could receive deferments 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)
Kent State Massacre- was an example of the widening credulity gap
Vietcong- military forces of the National Liberation Front that wanted to overthrow the South Vietnamese government
My Lai Massacre- murder of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers
Operation Rolling Thunder- bombing campaign in North Vietnam
Vietnamization - plan to reduce U.S. troops and turn the war over to the South Vietnamese
Ho Chi Minh Trail- network of paths from North to South Vietnam
Dien Bein Phu- battle where French lost control of Vietnam in 1954
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
Geneva Conference- international meeting to restore peace in Indochina
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
Guerilla warfare- advantage of the Vietcong
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
JFK contribution - sent more American troops to support the war
End of My Lai Massacre - an American helicopter arrived and stopped the bloodshed
The Kent State Massacre, My Lai Massacre, and media coverage led to a widening credibility gap.
The Lottery System was a randomized drafting process that had all possible birthdates in pills scrambled in a bowl. A random pill would be chosen and whoever had that birthday was forced to enter into the military, with the earliest ones being immediately forced to leave. This form of drafting was fair due to it being a more random version of the draft, based only on what day someone was born, not where they live or how.
