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