Chapter 22 vocab. US History
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969) |
| William Westmoreland | American General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak from 1964 to 1968 |
| Eugene McCarthy | 1968 Democratic candidate for President who ran to succeed incumbent Lyndon Baines Johnson on an anti-war platform. |
| Robert Kennedy | He was a Democrat who ran for president in 1968 promoting civil rights and other equality based ideals. He was ultimately assassinated in 1968, leaving Nixon to take the presidency but instilling hope in many Americans. |
| Richard Nixon | he was elected to be US President after Johnson decided to not to run for US president again. He promised peace with honor in Vietnam which means withdrawing American soliders from South Vietnam |
| Henry Kissinger | Secretary of State, supported realpolitik, appointed by Nixon as his national Secretary advisor, engaged shuttle diplomacy |
| Zhou Enlai | Zhou Enlai was a prominent and influential member of the Chinese Communist Party during the time of Mao. He played a large role in China's reestablishing ties with the West. |
| Dien Bien Phu | In 1954, Vietminh rebels besieged a French garrison at Dien Bien Phu, deep in the interior of northern Vietnam. In May, after the United States refused to intervene, Dien Bien Phu fell to the communists. |
| Domino Theory | the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control |
| SEATO | Southeast Treaty Organization: Includes USA, UK, France, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand |
| Vietcong | the guerrilla soldiers of the Communist faction in Vietnam, also know as the National Liberation Front |
| GUlf of Tonkin Resolution | allowed the president to take all necassay measures to repel armed attack or prevent further aggression |
| Naplam | Highly flammable chemical dropped from U.S. planes in firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War |
| Hawk | an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations |
| Dove | an emblem of peace |
| Draftee | someone who is drafted into military service |
| SDS | a student organization that opposed the war in vietnam and held marches |
| credibility gap | The gap between the Johnson Administration and the American public support |
| tet offensive | surprise attacks on cities all over South Vietnam |
| Vietnamization | President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces |
| Kent State University | Where The Kent State Shootings Took Place Which Killed Four Students And Injured Nine Others |
| My Lai | location of the killing of over 400 Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers |
| Pentagon Papers | A 7,000-page top-secret United States government report on the history of the internal planning and policy-making process within the government itself concerning the Vietnam War. |
| Paris Peace Accords | 1973 peace agreement between the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Vietcong that effectively ended the Vietnam War. |
| War Powers Act | Notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops; had to gain congress' approval to stay longer than 90 days; designed to curtail President's power |
| realpolitik | "realistic politics," practical politics, ends justified the means, power more important than principles |
| Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty | two agreements signed in 1972 and 1979 between he united states and soviet union limiting the number of offensive nuclear missles |
| detente | relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China |
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