17 Study Guide Test - Vietnam WarVersión en línea
Please 17-0 & 17-1 student notes.
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To counter North Vietnam's Guerilla tactics, American troops tried to force the enemy into the open for combat. American planes dropped _____ _____ , a chemical that strips leaves from trees and shrubs.
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Ngo Dinh Diem made himself more unpopular by discriminating against _____ , the country’s largest religion. When this religion protested in the streets, Diem’s police killed nine people. In response, a monk from this religion set himself on fire.
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The country of _____ controlled Vietnam for hundreds of years (Dynasties). From 1800s until World War II, the French ruled Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia (French Indochina). 1940, Japan invaded Vietnam. 1960s, U.S. invades Vietnam.
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A disproportionate number of african americans went to war. Between 1961 and 1966, they constituted about 10% of military personnel. But they accounted for almost 20% of combat-related _____ .
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China controlled Vietnam for hundreds of years (Dynasties). From 1800s until World War II, the ____ ruled Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia (French Indochina). 1940, Japan invaded Vietnam. 1960s, U.S. invades Vietnam.
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Negotiations were held in Geneva, Switzerland, resulting in the ____ ____ , which placed Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh in North Vietnam, and pro-Western, anti-Communist Ngo Dinh Diem in the South.
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By the early 1900s, nationalism had become a powerful force in Vietnam, & several political parties pushed for independence from French colonial rule, such as ____ ____ Minh, who founded Indochinese Communist Party in 1930.
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North Vietnam sent arms and supplies south by way of a network of _____ _____ known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which wound through Cambodia and Laos, bypassing the border between North Vietnam & South Vietnam.
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August 7, 1964, Congress passed the _____ of _____ Resolution, which authorized the president to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.”
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France appealed to the United States for help against the Vietminh, which put America in a difficult position: U.S. opposed colonialism, but American officials did not want Vietnam to be _____ .
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The Geneva Accords called for elections to be held in 1956 to reunite the country under a single government, but ____ _____ Diem refused to permit the elections, fearing that Ho Chi Minh would win.
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To North Vietnam's Guerilla tactics, American troops tried to force the enemy into the open for combat. American planes dropped _____ , a jellied gasoline that explodes on contact.
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Vietcong used ambushes, booby traps, and other ____ ____ , such as a grenade slung chest high, went off & shattered the right side of a soldier’s head and body. The Vietcong frustrated American troops by blending in with the civilian population.
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In the late 1940s and early 1950s, most Americans knew little about Indochina, France’s colony in Southeast Asia. During the Cold War, however, American officials became concerned that the region might fall to _____ .
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Vietcong used ambushes, booby traps, and other guerilla tactics, such as a grenade slung chest high, went off & shattered the right side of a soldier’s head and body. The Vietcong frustrated American troops by blending in with the ____ population.
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