Vietnam: Key Terms Chapter 24

1. Vietnam: Key Terms Chapter 24 • 18. deferment • 19. Robert F. Kennedy • 20. Tet Offensive • 21. George C. Wallace • 22. Paris Peace Talks • 23. Vietnamization • 24. Silent Majority • 25. Henry A. Kissinger • 26. lottery system - a system introduced by the Nixon Administration in 1969, for military draft; cards with all the days of the year were randomly selected; men whose birthdays were drawn first were drafted first; those who received numbers above a certain cutoff were not called for the draft were considered eligible for a year; system eliminated college deferments and economics as factors in draft. • 27. Richard M. Nixon • 28. POW • 29. MIA • 30. Cambodia • 31. Laos • 32. Kent State University • 33. Pentagon Papers • Vietminh • Dien Bien Phu - city in northern Vietnam in which 12,000 French troops became surrounded, leading the French to appeal to the U.S. for help. • Domino Theory • Geneva Accords • National Liberation Front • Ngo Dinh Diem • Hanoi- city in North Vietnam where the government of Ho Chi Minh was based. • Viet Cong • Saigon- city in Vietnam; former name of Ho Chi Minh City; located in southern Vietnam, formerly the capital of South Vietnam. • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • Ho Chi Minh Trail • napalm • agent orange • escalation • My Lai massacre • teach-in • Conscientious objector