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Vietnam
Vietnam War Vocab
Word | Definition |
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Vietcong | Vietnamese guerrillas who opposed the noncommunist government of South Vietnam |
guerrilla | figther who uses hit-and-run attacks |
domino theory | belief that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other countries in the region would follow |
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Congressional resolution passed in 1964 that authorized military action in Vietnam |
escalate | to expand |
draft | law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military |
Tet Offensive | North Vietnamese and Vietcong surprise attack on American forces in Vietnam on the Vietnamese New Year's holiday in 1968 |
Khmer Rouge | communist party in Cambodia that imposed a reign of terror on cambodian citizens |
boat people | after the Vietnam War, refugees who escaped from Vietnam in small boats |