Vietnam War (Chapter 29)

This program was created by President Kennedy as part of his Cold War policy (to stop the spread of communism). This program consisted of a nonmilitary group of volunteers who were sent to developing countries to help with projects like digging wells and building schools.

• Escalation

• Peace Corps

• Domino Theory

• Geneva Accords

This was a barrier of concrete and barbed wire that separated East and West Berlin in Germany.

• Peace Corps

• Geneva Accords

• Domino Theory

• Berlin Wall

American leaders feared that if one country became Communist, nearby countries would also fall to communism.

• Domino Theory

• Brinkmanship

• Containment

• Red Spread Theory

This was an agreement between the French and Vietnamese leaders that temporarily divided Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. It also called for a democratic election in July 1956 that would reunite the country under one government.

• 26th Amendment

• War Powers Act

• Geneva Accords

• Treaty of Versailles

This group is the Communist guerilla forces in Vietnam.

• Vietcong

• Vietminh

• Hippies

• National Liberation Front

This was passed by Congress after Johnson asked for the authority to take military action after two ships reportedly are fired on in the Tonkin Gulf outside of Vietnam in 1964. This gave the president the power to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States." This greatly expanded U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

• War Powers Act

• 26th Amendment

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• Vietnamization

This was a supply route used by the North Vietnamese. This was mainly a network of paths and tunnels through Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia).

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• Tet Offensive

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

• Berlin Wall

President Johnson's policy in Vietnam from 1965-1968. This means increased involvement.

• Brinkmanship

• Containment

• Vietnamization

• Escalation

This was ratified in 1971. It lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.

• 26th Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 27th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

This is General Westmoreland's strategy. Using this strategy, U.S. patrols searched for hidden enemy camps and destroyed them with massive firepower and air raids.

• Search-and-destroy missions

• Seek-and-destroy missions

• Escalation

• Air Raids