mrs. williams unit 2 test- THE VIETNAM WAR
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paramorefan26 on September 19, 2010
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investigating history, history 9th grade
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Vietnam war | longest actual combat war in United States History |
| 58,000 | soldiers killed in Vietnam |
| 300,000 | soldiers wounded in Vietnam |
| 14,000 | soldiers disabled in Vietnam |
| 800,000 | Vietnam war veterans have been diagnosed with "significant" or "severe" Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome |
| 76% | of the men sent to Vietnam were from lower to middle class families |
| 19 years old | the average age of a soldier- most were drafted |
| 1 year | the average tour of duty for a soldier |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | president from 1953 to 1961 |
| John F. Kennedy | president from 1961 to 1963. Was assassinated on November 22, 1963 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | president form 1963 to 1969 |
| Richard Nixon | president from 1969 to 1974 |
| Gerald R. Ford | president from 1974 to 1977 |
| Harry S. Truman | president from 1945 to 1953 |
| French | they returned in 1945 to control Vietnam |
| Geneva Accords | signed in July 1954 stating that Vietnam had been divided near the 17th parallel into two separate nations. North and South Vietnam |
| Ngo Dihn Diem | placed into office in South Vietnam by the United States |
| Viet Cong | a Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam. |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to use military force in Vietnam |
| 1965 | the year the Viet Cong attacked and killed 8 Americans near Pleiku, South Vietnam |
| Operation Flaming Dart | the United States used B52 bombers in North Vietnam to try to stop communists |
| Operation Rolling Thunder | an intense bombing raid in North Vietnam, the main target was the HO CHI MINH TRAIL |
| Ho Chi Minh Trail | a covert network of paths that ran from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam. Used as a major supply route for Viet Cong soldiers to receive food and weapons |
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