The Vietnam War

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What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?

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France

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A 1954 conference that divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel.

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Geneva Conference

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This US policy called for not allowing communism to spread.

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Containment

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If one country falls to communism, the other countries around would also fall to communism.

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Domino Theory

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Gave President Johnson, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, the use of military force in Southeast Asia.

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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Bombing campaign over North Vietnam, supposed to weaken enemy's ability and will to fight.

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Operation Rolling Thunder

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The Ho Chi Minh Trail was

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A network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam

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A massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968; caused American public support of war to plummet and showed that the communists had not lost the will to fight.

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Tet Offensive

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A massacre of 400 men, women, and children by US troops during the Vietnam War.

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My Lai Massacre

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Americans who supported the Vietnam War: Doves, Hawks

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Hawks