1. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Massacre of South Vietnamese civillians by soldiers of the United States.
7,000 page leaked top secret document on the planning of the Vietnam War
Jellied Gasoline. Used to effectively fight hidden Viet Cong guerillas
Richard Nixon
26th Amendment
Tet Offensive
Neighboring countries to Vietnam where the Ho Chi Minh trail was located. The United States opened up a secret bombing campaigns against each country
Leader of North Vietnam
North Vietnamese forces capture South Vietnam’s Capital.
Pentagon Papers
Ho Chi Minh
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
allows the President to use military forces for 60 days, without a formal declaration of war by Congress.
Also known as the draft.
Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War
Selective Service Act
Hanoi Hilton
Vietnamization
Aerial bombardment campaign carried out against North Vietnam by the US Air Force from
American General of ground troops in Vietnam.
Process of turning the war back over to South Vietnamese forces. Began in 1973.
War Powers Act (1973)
Operation Rolling Thunder
Agent Orange
Supreme Court decided (6-3) that the government could not restrict the publication of the Pentagon Papers
Resulted in a treaty that ended US involvement in the Vietnam War. (1973)
Famous North Vietnamese War Prison for fighter pilots shot down over North Vietnam
Robert McNamara
Paris Peace Accords
Fall of Saigon, 1975
President that proposed the policy of vietnamization
Lowered the voting age to 18.
Powerful defoliant. Used to kill off jungle plants and food crops. Used by the United States. The chemical had horrible unintended consequences.
General William Westmoreland
Kent State Incident
Napalm
Protesters burned ROTC building and began protesting on a hill. National Gaurdsmen were sent to disperse the crowd and fired on the students killing 4.
My Lai Massacre
Cambodia/ Laos
New York Times v. United States
1964 document that gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to send troops to Vietnam
1968 North Vietnamese offensive. American military victory, but media turns it into a loss