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_______________— A member of a political group fighting
for national independence.
______________— A system of social organization in which
all economic and social decisions are made by a single
dominant political party.
_____________— Name for the League for the Independence
of Vietnam, a Communist movement from 1941–1954 that
challenged and defeated the French.
______________— A Communist-led army and guerrilla force
in South Vietnam that fought its government and was
supported by North Vietnam.
________________— A person who is not part of a regular
military force but engages in warfare.
___ ___ _______ ____________— The route used by the
North Vietnamese military to conduct raids in South Vietnam
and to deliver supplies to the Vietcong.
_________ _________— An intense hostile rivalry during the
second half of the 20th century between communist nations,
particularly the Soviet Union, and the democratic nations of the
world, led by the United States.
__________ _________— The fear that the spread of
communism would run rampant among neighboring countries
if one were to fall under communist influence.
______________— The headquarters of the United States
Department of Defense.
_____________ ________ _______________— Resolution
passed by Congress in 1964 in response to perceived
aggression by North Vietnamese against the United States
Navy, which gave President Johnson approval to escalate the
use of military force in Vietnam without declaring war.
__________ ___________ __________— A series of
bombing attacks started in 1965 that were conducted by the
United States in North Vietnam in an attempt to cut supply
lines to the Vietcong in South Vietnam.
__________ __________— An herbicide used by the United
States military during the Vietnam War to destroy forests and
crops.
___________— A mixture of chemicals used by the United
States military in flamethrowers and firebombs during the
Vietnam War.
_____ _____________— A major Communist attack against
South Vietnamese and U.S. positions in South Vietnam in
January 1968 during Tet, the Vietnamese New Year.
______ _________— A political movement that evolved out
of the 1960s with concerns about the Vietnam War, civil rights
and the environment.
__________ ___ _ ___________ ___________ (SDS) — A
student movement in the 1960s that actively protested the
Vietnam War.
_____________ _______________— A person who will not
fight in the military for moral, religious or philosophical
reasons.
________________— A U.S. policy during the Vietnam War
of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for
carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of
American troops.
_______________— A White House political scandal
involving President Nixon that ultimately led to his resignation
in 1974.
1858 — The French invade and begin to colonize Vietnam.
_________ — Ho Chi Minh forms the Vietnam Independence League, or
Vietminh.
1954 — The French are defeated at Dien Bien Phu and Vietnam is divided
into two parts.
________— President Eisenhower sends aid and military advisers to South
Vietnam.
1963 — The Premier of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, is assassinated.
_________— The President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, is
assassinated and Vice President Lyndon Johnson becomes president.
1964 — Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
_______ — The United States military begins Operation Rolling Thunder.
1968 — The North Vietnamese launch the Tet Offensive;Americans fear
the war cannot be won.
_______ — President Johnson announces that he will not run for reelection.
1970 — President Nixon orders United States ground troops to invade
Cambodia.
_______ — Student anti-war protestors are killed on college campuses.
1973 —The Paris Peace Accords are signed, declaring a cease-fire. Fighting
resumes ten months later.
_______— The North Vietnamese military attack and take Saigon as
Americans evacuate.