Vocab

-Ho Chi Minh: Prime Minister of Vietnam

-Dien Bien Phu: City in Vietnam

-Geneva Accords: Resolving the Vietnam war

-Ngo Dinh Diem: Prime minister of Vietnam

-Vietcong: Political organization

-Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: Response to the Gulf of Tonkin

-Ho Chi Minh Trail: Roads help give support

-Napalm: Bomb

-Agent Orange: Chemical use for war

-Credibility Gap: difference between what is said and what happens

-Vietnamization: Withdraw of troops from vietnam

-Silent Majority: Large group that does not express there opinions

-My Lai Massacre: Mass murder of unarmed civilians

-Kent State University: Public research university

-Pentagon Papers: Top secret Department of Defense study

-War Powers Act: Check the president's power

Early Years of Vietnam

Why did the U.S. get involved?

Vietnam was a Communist country.

Who was Robert McNamara?

Secretary of Defense

What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution give Johnson the power to do?

Take any measures that he believed necessary.

Who was able to get out of the draft? Why was this unfair?

People who are hurt very badly and people with children, not everybody can have a child.

What was fighting like in Vietnam compared to other wars?

Very bloody with a ton of deaths.

Why did the Tet Offensive change the public perception of the war?

Weakening the U.S. support

1968

-MLK was killed April 4, 1968 by James Earl Ray on his balcony.

-Bobby Kennedy was killed June 5, 1968 by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

-Tet Ofensive happened on January 21, 1968 the North Vietnamese attacked more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam.

-Walter Cronkite's was the most trusted broadcaster to talk about what was happening in Vietnam.

1960s

-A hippie is a group of young people that try and promote peace.

-The main things they did were music, share everything, live in the country.

Later years of Vietnam

What was Nixon's strategy on Vietnam?

Never quit no matter what

What happened at Kent State?

Killing of unarmed college students

What was the trial surrounding the My Lai Massacre so sighigicant?

American soldiers killed unarmed civilians

When did the U.S. leave Vietnam?

March 29, 1973

How were soldiers treated when they arrived home?

Very bad could not wear there uniform in public

How many people died and were wounded in Vietnam?

About 3.5 million

How much money did the U.S. spend?

$168 billion

Nixon's Presidency

Watergate Scandal

The prowlers were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, and they had been caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents.

Resigning

August 9, 1974