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Lesson 6 detailed

Terms in this set (25)

Ho Chi Minh
Communist head of the League for the Independence of Vietnam who led his people in a revolution against France and was the president of North Vietnam
Hanoi
the capital of Communist-dominated North Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
a former Vietnamese official who lived in exile in the US before becoming president of anti-Communist South Vietnam
Bao Dai
emperor who headed the Republic of Vietnam, formed by France; he was defeated by the Vietminh in May 1954 at Dien Bien Phu
Saigon
the capital of anti-Communist South Vietnam
Robert McNamara
JFK's and LBJ's Secretary of Defense who advised the presidents on Vietnam and pushed for direct American involvement in the war
Henry Cabot Lodge
the US ambassador to South Vietnam who told LBJ that it would be difficult to save Vietnam
Ron Kovic
Vietnam War veteran and author of the book Born on the Fourth of July
Nguyen Cao Ky and Nguyen Van Thieu
presidents of South Vietnam during the war
Pleiku
South Vietnamese village where 8 Americans were killed and 126 wounded in 1965, prompting President Johnson to authorize the bombing of North Vietnam
William Westmoreland
US general and commander of the US forces in South Vietnam
J. William Fulbright
US senator who was a Democrat and a dove; he headed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and questioned US involvement in the Vietnam War
Dean Rusk
US Secretary of State who defended the US involvement in the Vietnam War when the Senate held televised hearings
My Lai
South Vietnamese village where American soldiers thought members of the Viet Cong were hiding; they found women, children, and old men instead and shot all 400 of them
William L. Calley, Jr.
US Lieutenant who ordered the massacre of civilians at My Lai
Hugh Thompson
American helicopter pilot who stopped the massacre at My Lai and testified against William Calley
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
group formed in 1960 by civil rights activists who wanted social reform, opposed the Vietnam War, and called for radical changes in the US
Hubert Humphrey
vice president who was nominated by the Democratic Party as the presidential candidate after Robert Kennedy's assassination
Spiro Agnew
Maryland Governor who became Richard Nixon's running mate on the Republican ticket in the 1968 election
George C. Wallace
Democrat governor of Alabama who ran as an independent in the 1968 election, appealing to blue-collar voters and southerners
Weathermen
SDS faction that turned to violence and rampaged through the streets wielding pipes, clubs, rocks, and chains
Kent State
Ohio University where students protested Nixon's invasion of Cambodia; 4 students were killed and 9 wounded by the National Guard
Khmer Rouge
a force of Communists who took over Cambodia in 1975; they killed 1.5 million Cambodians, 1/4 of the population
Pol Pot
Communist leader of the Khmer Rouge
Maya Ying Lin
21 year old college student who won the design contest for the Vietnam Memorial, completed in 1982
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