1. Vietnam Vocabulary Review

2. Ngo Dinh Diem  Noncommunist leader of S. Vietnam

3. Ho Chi Minh  Communist leader of North Vietnam

4. Viet Cong  People who live in S. Vietnam but supported N. Vietnam & Ho Chi Minh

5. William Westmoreland  American General who led troops in Vietnam

6. Doves People who were against the war in Vietnam

7. Hawks  People who supported the war in Vietnam

8. Richard Nixon  Elected president in 1968 & promised to get the U.S. out of Vietnam

9. Agent Orange  Herbicide used to kill jungles in Vietnam

10. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  Gave the president unlimited power over war in Vietnam

11. Ho Chi Minh Trail  Trail that went through N. Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and then into S. Vietnam. Used by North for troops & supplies.

12. Escalation  Increasing involvement in the Vietnam War by the U.S.

13. Guerrilla warfare  Style of fighting used by the Viet Cong. (hit & run attacks)

14. Domino theory  Belief that if one country fell to communism in Asia they all would

15. French Indochina  French colony made up of Laos, Cambodia, & Vietnam

16. Tet offensive  Major attack by N. Vietnam on over 100 cities on holiday of Tet

17. Bombing in Cambodia  Attempt by Nixon to destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail

18. Vietnamization  Gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces in Vietnam under Nixon

19. Geneva Accords  Divided Vietnam in 2 in 1954. Promised unifying elections in 1956

20. Napalm  Jelly like substance that burned jungles of Vietnam

21. Paris Peace Accords  Peace treaty that ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam

22. Pentagon Papers  Secret government documents that were leaked and provided proof that the government lied about U.S. successes in Vietnam.