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| Domino Theory | One of the Reasons U.S. became involved in conflict. Belief that if Vietnam fell to communism others would follow. |
| Containment | Policy of stopping Communism from Spreading. |
| Tet Offensive | Vietnamese New Year. Turning point of war, proved conflict was not near completion. |
| Vietminh | North Vietnamese Army led by Ho Chi Mihn |
| Vietcong | Southern Vietnamese communists. |
| Ng Dihn Diem | Southern corrupt leader US backed at the start of the conflict. |
| Ho Chi Minh Trail | Secret routes utilized by Northern Communists to sneak weaponry and supplies to Southern Vietcong. |
| Operation Rolling Thunder | American massive bombing of North Vietnam. |
| Vietnamization | Richard Nixon's policy to end Vietnam conflict. Slowing let South Vietnam take over the fighting. |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Congress expanded the President's military power. |
| War Powers Act of 1973 | Limited President's Authority and reined in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. |
| Paris Peace Accords of 1973 | Failed attempt to end the conflict. |
| January 27, 1973 | American formally withdraws from the conflict on promise that North will recognize the 17th parallel border and not invade the South. |
| Henry Kissinger | American Security Adviser and negotiator in Vietnam. |
| Draft | Recruited soldiers for Vietnam War. Over 500,000 Americans served in the Conflict. |
| Wall of D.C. | Memorial to fallen soldiers in Vietnam Conflict. |
| Kent State | College in Ohio during Nixon's presidency where student protests resulted in police firing into the crowd mortally wounding 4. |
| Tinker vs. Des Moines | Students suspended for wearing Armbands and protesting the war. Supreme Court rules in their favor and upholds their 1st Amendment right to free symbolic speech. |
| Woodstock | Free three day concert in New York, where notable artists came together peacefully to protest Vietnam War. |
| Hippie Movment | Young americans in 60s who rejected conventional customs & mainstream culture. "Hippies" "Flower children" Hippies were unified by their rejection of traditional values and assumptions of Western society. The counterculture's excesses + the economic uncertainties of the times led to its demise in the 1970s |
| Pentagon Papers | Study of government that proved it had been lying to the American people about the nation's involvement in the Vietnamese Conflict. |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | President from Texas who escalated the Vietnam War. Overshadows his Welfare Platform. |
| Richard Nixon | Extends Vietnam War before ending it. Brings Detente with China, and resigns amid the Watergate Scandal. |
| Watergate | Scandal involving a breaking and entering and presidential cover-up. |
| Credibility Gap | misinformation from the military + civilian leaders , LBJ's reluctance to speak honestly w/ the American people about the cost and scope of the war created what the media called... |
