| A | B |
| Vietnamization | Nixon |
| War Powers Act | Passed in 1973 to limit the powers of the president to declare war. |
| Cambodia | Country by Vietnam that was also affected by the war |
| Berlin Wall | Build to prevent people from East Berlin migrating to the west. |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | The U.S. president that made the largest military commitment in Vietnam |
| Ho Chi Minh | Communist leader of North Vietnam durin the Vietnam War |
| Geneva Accords | Agreement beween the Viet Minh and France in 1954. Divided Vietnam into North and South |
| domino theory | The idea that states if one nation fall to Communism them all neighboring nations will follow |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Occurred because th Soviet Union installed missiles in Cuba and the U.S. objected |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Gave the jpresident the power to use military force in Vietnam |
| guerilla warfare | Surprise attacks by small bands of fighters. |
| President John F. Kennedy | President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs Invasion |
| Agent Orange | A chemical that kills plants |
| Ho Chi Mihn Trail | North Vietnam sent supplies and soldiers along this network of paths to help the Viet Cong take over South Vietnam and reunite it uner Communist rule with North Vietnam |
| Search and destroy missions | Method |
| Bay of Pigs Invasion | U.S. supported Cuban exiles planned to overthrow Cuba's Communist leader, Fidel Castro |
| Richard Nixon | President |