U9 Vietnam War Quiz Review

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Domino theory

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When one country falls to communism others will fall as well. The US sent troops to Vietnam, support South Vietnam (Diem) and stop the Domino effect.

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Roy Benavidez

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Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who carried wounded soldiers to helicopters while being wounded himself.

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Tet Offensive

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After 4 years of escalation, LBJ promised the US could win the war. Tet convinced Americans that the war is not winnable.

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Escalation

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LBJ deployed more troops to Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

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US in Vietnam

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To contain the expansion of Communism in Indochina (Southeast Asia) and prevent North Vietnam from controlling the South.

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Geneva Conference

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A 1954 conference that divided Vietnam at the seventeenth parallel, The US rejected because it legitimized North Vietnam.

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Credibility gap

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American public's growing distrust of statements made by the government during the Vietnam War.

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Gulf of Tonkin

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1964 Congressional resolution authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam and Americanize the war.

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Vietcong

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A group of Communist guerrillas who used hit and run tactics against the South Vietnamese and Americans in the Vietnam War.

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Responses to the Vietnam War

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26th Amendment - 18 year olds vote, distrust of leaders, anti-war protests, Silent Majority supported peace with honor.