Untitled Flashcards Set

1. The Roots of American Involvement in Vietnam

• The French Era & Dien Bien Phu (1954)

• Geneva Accords (1954)

• Ho Chi Minh  (1945-1969)

• Ngo Dinh Diem (1955-1963)

• Eisenhower & supporting Diem  

• Kennedy & the Diem Assassination (1963) 

• LBJ’s Escalation  & The Gulf of Tonkin (1964)

2. Fighting the Vietnam War

• Search and Destroy

• Hearts and Minds 

• Viet Cong vs. the NVA 

• Carpet bombing, Napalm, Agent Orange

• Working class war and the draft 

• African Americans and the war

3. The LBJ Era

• The rise of the Anti-War Movement

• The Credibility Gap

• Tet Offensive (1968) & My Lai Massacre

• The rise of the Hippie Movement 

• Chaos of the Election of 1968

4. The Nixon Era and Ending the War

• The Silent Majority & Law and Order

• Peace with Honor - 1969

• Ho Chi Minh Trail and Cambodian Incursion

• My Lai Massacre

• Kent State & Pentagon Papers

• Peace is at hand -1972

• The War Powers Act of 1973

• Fall of Saigon (1975) & Legacy of War