| Term | Definition |
|---|
| OP: rolling thunder | operation to bombard communist areas with bombs |
| napalm | fire weapon used to burn trees and eliminate jungle fighting for U.S. troops |
| agent orange | chemical used along side of napalm |
| westmoreland | general that gave many misleading reports about the vienam conflict |
| hawk | pro-war |
| dove | pro-withdraw |
| domino theory | idea that if vietnam falls to communism then all of that region will follow |
| dien bien phu | battle in which communists brutally pwned the french |
| gulf of tonkin resolution | allowed the president to be in charge of the war operations for the U.S. |
| ho chi minh trail | series of jungle trails through laos and cambodia that allowed communists to deliver supplies |
| credibility gap | gap of "truth" between the government and the citizens concerning the vietnam conflict |
| teach in | meetings at colleges between students and teachers to talk about vietnam conflict |
| bob woodward and carl bernstein | reporters for the post |
| DNC | watergate 6th floor; democratic national convention |
| Washington post | newspaper that published the pentagon paper leak article |
| CRP | committee to reelect the president |
| John "maximum" sirica | head of the criminal trial |
| sam ervin | head of the senate trial |
| john dean | counsel to the president; whitehouse lawyer |
| john mitchell | head of crp |
| butterfield | testified that nixon had taping system put in |
| executive privilege | priviledge of the president to overrule certain things |
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