- countries that border vietnam: Laos, China Cambodia
- Doves: want peace
- France: controlled vietnam after WW2
- Hawks: want war
- Kent state University: 4 students killed
- North vietnam capital: Hanoi
- North vietnam economic system: communist
- North vietnam leader: Ho Chi Minh
- North vietnam political system: totalitarism
- partition: 17th parallel
- President Truman: withdrawal the US troops
- south Vietnam economic system: capitalism
- south vietnam leader that was assasinated: Diem
- south vietnam political system: democracy
- Tet offensive: North Vietnames attacked every major city in the south
- To train and equip South vietnamese to take over the fighting: vietnamisation