| Term | Definition |
|---|
| The main goal of the U.S. in the Vietnam war | to keep Communism from spreading |
| William Westmoreland | U.S. Commander in the Vietnam war |
| College deferment | An automatic way to get out of the war draft |
| France | the country that the U.S. helped to fight Vietnam after WWII |
| Ho Chi Minh Trail | the trail the the North Vietamese used to send supplies to South Vietnam |
| War Powers Act | Law that Congress passed to limit presidents war making powers; president must inform congress within 48 hours of sending troops into hostile area; troops can remain only 90 days unless war is declared or approved by congress |
| Tet Offensive | this event convinced America that war was not winable |
| Dove | someone who is against the Vietnam war |
| McCarthy | Presidential candidate who was considered a dove |
| Lyndon B Johnson | asked Congress for Tonkin Resolution; his misleading lies were found out in the Pentagon Papers |
| " Peace with Honor" | Nixon's attempt to maintain US dignity while pulling out of war |
| ARVN | Army of the Republic of Vietnam |
| Domino Theory | once one country in an area turned communist, all the countries around would become communist |
| Dien Bien Phu | the French were finally defeated by the Vietnamese |
| Ho Chi Minh | Leader of North Vietnam |
| Agent Orange | caused cancer to war vetrans and civilians |
| Kent State Massacre | Protests to the war that lead to National Guard being called in and shot students because they burned the ROTC building |
| Walter Conkrite | after the Tet Offensive he said, "seemed more certain than ever that the ........war would end in a stalemate |
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