Rockridge Social Studies
the history place
Vietnam Review (Hist 12)
Gia Long
Ho Chi Minh
Indo-China
Vo Nguyen Giap
Viet Minh
Bao Dai
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai Shek
Dien Bien Phu
French Legionnaires
Hanoi
Geneva Conference, 1954
Ngo Dinh Diem
SEATO
President Eisenhower
Containment
National Liberation Front (Viet Cong)
President JF Kennedy
"Advisors"
Domino Theory
President LB Johnson
USS Maddox
Tonkin Resolution
Blank Cheque
Operation Flaming Dart
Curtis LeMay
Operation Rolling Thunder
Tracer Bullets
NVA SAM
Fire Bases
Napalm
UH-1A (HUEY)
Spider Holes (VC tunnels)
Tunnel Rats
Punji Traps
Bouncing Betty
General William Westmoreland
Tet Offensive
Lunar New Year
Khe Sanh
My Lai
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Lieutenant Calley
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Hugh Thompson
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Captain Medina
"Great Society"
Ho Chi MInh Trail
Agent Orange
Hanoi Hilton
Robert F Kennedy
President Nixon
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Vietnamization
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Henry Kissinger
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Le Duc Tho
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Madman Theory
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Peace with Honour
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Watergate
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"Plumbers"
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Woodward and Berstein
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"Deep Throat"
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Mark Felt
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Gordon Liddy
President Ford
Ken State Ohio
Daniel Ellsberg
The Pentagon Papers
Cambodian Genocide
Pol Pot
Khmer Rouge
Killing Fields
President Carter
Auto-Genocide
Saigon
Concepts to Understand
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Outline Ho Chi Minh's road to independence.
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Account for the result of the battle at Dien Bien Phu and the significance as it relates to the eventual American occupation of Vietnam.
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How did the Geneva Conference impact Vietnam?
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Understand the impact the Tet Offensive had on American foreign policy.