Vietnam War Terminology

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  1. 2. First major battle of the war; South Vietnam had more troops and supplies, but they failed; one of the bloodiest and costliest battles of the war
  2. 6. A war fought by the United States from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 as a result of rising tensions between North Korea (communism) and South Korea (capitalism)
  3. 8. Four day battle that resulted in a win for the U.S. and South Vietnam; first engagement between U.S. and North Vietnam
  4. 12. Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
  5. 13. Required enrollment in the armed services; aka Selective Service System; all men had to register when they turned 18 and until they were 26
  6. 15. Acronym for the southern Vietnamese soldiers with whom U.S. troops fought against communism and forces in the North during the Vietnam War
  7. 16. Military campaign conducted by the People's Army of Vietnam against the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and the United States military
  8. 17. Battle that took place on Ap Bia Mountain; purpose was to prevent movement of North Vietnamese troops from Laos and stop enemy threats
  9. 19. People who opposed the Vietnam War and believed that the United States should withdraw from it
  10. 20. A gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts
  11. 21. South Vietnamese Communists who, with North Vietnamese support, fought against the government of South Vietnam in the Vietnam War
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  1. 1. A 1954 peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956
  2. 3. A toxic leaf-killing chemical sprayed by U.S. planes in Vietnam to expose Vietcong hideouts
  3. 4. Resolution adopted by Congress in 1964, giving LBJ broad powers to wage war in Vietnam
  4. 5. One of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war; Precipitated when People’s Army of North Vietnam attacked a U.S. Marine garrison, destroying 90% of its artillery and mortar rounds
  5. 7. People who supported U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and believed that the United States should use increased military force to win it
  6. 9. Circle of latitude that split Vietnam into North (communism) and South (captialism)
  7. 10. Last major battle of the war; Northern Vietnamese troops attacked U.S. and South Vietnamese camps; Vietcong and other Northern troops suffered more deaths than the U.S.
  8. 11. Marked the end of the war in 1975; led to the unification of North and South Vietnam into one communist nation
  9. 14. Last name of U.S. army general who commanded the U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam
  10. 18. A youth-dominated political movement of the 1960s, embodied in such organizations as Students for a Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement