Vietnam and 1960’s Study Guide
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1960’s Context
- Segregation
- JFK – New Frontier
- Johnson – Great society; 1964 Civil Rights Act
- MLK – Montgomery bus boycott; Letter from Birmingham Jail
- Malcom X – philosophy
Vietnam Origins:
- Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City
- Viet Cong
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
- Americanization
- Vietnamization
- Ho Chi Minh
- Ngo Din Diem
- First Indochina War
- William Westmoreland
- Henry Kissinger
- Domino Theory
- Hawk vs. Dove arguments
- Gulf of Tonkin Incident
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Vietnam and 1960’s Study Guide
You may use one 3”x5” notecard on this test. You may write as small as you want on both sides, but it must be handwritten.
1960’s Context
- Segregation
- JFK – New Frontier
- Johnson – Great society; 1964 Civil Rights Act
- MLK – Montgomery bus boycott; Letter from Birmingham Jail
- Malcom X – philosophy
Vietnam Origins:
- Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City
- Viet Cong
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
- Americanization
- Vietnamization
- Ho Chi Minh
- Ngo Din Diem
- First Indochina War
- William Westmoreland
- Henry Kissinger
- Domino Theory
- Hawk vs. Dove arguments
- Gulf of Tonkin Incident
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Vietnam War
- American tactics/strategies
- Search and destroy missions
- Ho Chi Minh trail and Operation Rolling Thunder
- Difficulties faced by American soldiers
- Napalm
- Agent Orange
- War of Attrition
- Pacification
- What it was and why it failed
- The draft
- Why it was considered unfair
- 26th amendment
- My Lai
- What happened
- Who was involved
- Impact on war and Americans view of the war
- Tet Offensive
- 1968 election
- Nixon’s promises
- Peace with Honor
- Protests
- Tinker vs. Des Moines
- Kent State Shootings
- Vietnam Moratorium
- Carrot and Stick approach
- Vietnamization
- Bombing and Invasion of Cambodia (The Secret War)
- The pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsburg
- War Powers Resolution
- Cease-Fire 1973
- Fall of Saigon
- Boat people
- Legacy of War
- Veterans
- Impact on Vietnam
- Impact on Cambodia
- Vietnam Memorial
Vietnam War
- American tactics/strategies
- Search and destroy missions
- Ho Chi Minh trail and Operation Rolling Thunder
- Difficulties faced by American soldiers
- Napalm
- Agent Orange
- War of Attrition
- Pacification
- What it was and why it failed
- The draft
- Why it was considered unfair
- 26th amendment
- My Lai
- What happened
- Who was involved
- Impact on war and Americans view of the war
- Tet Offensive
- 1968 election
- Nixon’s promises
- Peace with Honor
- Protests
- Tinker vs. Des Moines
- Kent State Shootings
- Vietnam Moratorium
- Carrot and Stick approach
- Vietnamization
- Bombing and Invasion of Cambodia (The Secret War)
- The pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsburg
- War Powers Resolution
- Cease-Fire 1973
- Fall of Saigon
- Boat people
- Legacy of War
- Veterans
- Impact on Vietnam
- Impact on Cambodia
- Vietnam Memorial