Vietnam War
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- Vietminh
- League for Independence in Vietnam.
- Tet Offensive
- They were attacked by the Vietnamese and Vietcong troops against the South Vietnam.
- Hawks
- Americans who supported the Vietnam War.
- Henry Kissinger
- Policy adviser of Richard Nixon
- General Westmoreland
- Commander of the U.S. Forces in Vietnam.
- War Powers
- Legislation that reaffirmed congress
- Guerilla War
- It was a letter that states information about the troops
- Doves
- Americans who opposed the War
- Students for Democratic Society
- Student group that actively protested the Vietnam War.
- Vietnamization
- Policy followed by Nixon administration of gradually all over fighting in the Vietnam War
- Pentagon Papers
- Secret gov. documents published in 1971.
- Vietcong
- National Liberation Front
- Dien Bien Phu
- Where the final battle took place at.
- Agent Orange
- is believing to have contaminated many americans and vietnamese causing serious
- Ngo Dinh Diem
- a former gov. official under the French.
- Ho Chih Minh Trail
- A network of Jungle paths
- Domino Theory
- An idea that said that countries around it would fall under communism.
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- Gave president all the authorities to take all neccessary measures.
- Ho Chi Minh
- A world wanderer and a man of many names.
- Kent States Shooting
- Incident where the National Guards troops fired at a group of students.
- Credibility Gap
- Accounts grew wider doubts at home increase.