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Vietnam War and Cuba Vocab
Helpful vocabulary about the Vietnam War and Cuba
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9th Grade
05/25/2011

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Bay of Pigs
Definition
Secret invasions the US were organizing on Cuba to make it look like some Cubans were creating rebelious attacks
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Cuban Missle Crisis
Definition
13 day standoff between US and the Soviet Union that endded up being the closes we've ever gotten to nuclear war.
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Fidel Castro
Definition
The "President for Life" of Cuba
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Issues soldiers faced in combat
Definition
disease, hard to see, traps, etc
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Pacification
Definition
The United States was trying to get the South Vietnamese to make them feel safe and then they would like us and possibly even help us.
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Search and Destroy
Definition
US would search villages in Vietnam looking for Vietcong soldiers and then destroy them so the Vietcong can't go back there.
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Limited War Strategy
Definition
A strategy to contain the spread of Communism without provoking a wider confrontation with the Soviet Union
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Hawks Argument
Definition
People who were for the war, Domino theory, appeasement, American credibility
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Doves Argument
Definition
People who weren't for war, not our war, not winnable, we don't want to make China and Russia mad.
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Geneva Accords
Definition
Treaty between France and Vietnam
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Definition
This gave the president unlimited power to do what he needed to do in Vietnam.
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17th Parallel
Definition
The dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
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Indochina War
Definition

A war between France and Vietnam

*The United States paid 80% of France's expenses*

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Ho Chi Minh
Definition
The Leader of North Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Definition
The supply trail from North to South Vietnam
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Kent State
Definition
A war protest in which 4 college students were killed by the National Guard
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Draft Loopholes
Definition
Some loopholes include being married, not within age range, and college.
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Vietnamization
Definition
A plan where South Vietnam would be able to run itself and have a stable economy, government, and defense.
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Madman Theory
Definition
Nixon would do anything he needed to do to win the war.
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War Powers Resolution
Definition
Limits the presiden's power to remove troops after he deploys them for 60 days.
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Paris Peace Resolution
Definition
A peace agreement to end the Vietnam War.
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Vietcong
Definition
what the North Vietnam soldiers were called
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Domino Theory
Definition
The theory that if Vietnam becomes communist, all the countries surrounding it will also become communist.
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Peace with Honor
Definition
The plan that United States will be getting out of war without abandoning everyone.
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Issues soldiers faced at home
Definition
The cittizens of the United States gave negative reactions to the soldiers and they were treated poorly when they came home.
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