The Vietnam War

Domino Theory

• In Southeast Asia, the U.S government used the domino theory to justify its support of a non-communist regime in South Vietnam against the communist government of North Vietnam and its increasing involvement in the long-running Vietnam War.

Golf of Ton-kin Resolution

• The Gulf of Ton-kin Resolution was a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7 1964 in direct response to a minor naval engagement known as the Gulf of Ton-kin Incident It gave president johnson the right to use military force on Asia

The Ho Chi Minh trail

• The Ho Chi Minh trail was a logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the Republic of Vietnam through the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia

Hawks and Doves

• Hawks are people who supported the war's goal. and Doves were people who opposed the war

Tet offensive

• a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968.

Vietnamization

• President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces

Kent State Shootings

• The Kent State shootings were the shootings of unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, by members of the Ohio National Guard

Legacy Of The Vietnam War

• Vietnam war was very controversial because it never had the full support of the American public like they did in WWII

My Lai Massacre

• The Mỹ Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam

Escalation

• The rapid increase of troops