Key dates - US foreign Policy

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Dien Bien Phu?
French colonial struggle against Vietnamese, May '64, French loss
1 of 17
Giap?
Head of North Vietnamese Army
2 of 17
Order of Presidents?
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon
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Truman dates & Party?
'45 - '53 DEMOCRAT
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Eisenhower Dates & Party?
'53-'61 REPUBLICAN
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Kennedy Dates & Party?
'61-'63 DEMOCRAT
6 of 17
Johnson Dates & Party?
'63-'69 DEMOCRAT
7 of 17
Nixon Dates & Party?
'69 - '73 REPUBLICAN
8 of 17
What is the Stalemate Theory?
The idea that the presidents knew that the US couldn't win, yet carried on so that they didn't become the first President to lose a war
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Franco-Vietnamese War?
1946
10 of 17
The percentage of the French cost paid in Indochina?
80%
11 of 17
When were the Geneva Conference signed?
1954
12 of 17
Geneva Terms?
Vietnam split at 17th Parallel, Bao Dai Emperor of South, VietMinh forces do the south, Elections in 1956
13 of 17
1956
Election supposed to take place
14 of 17
Gulf of Tonkin & Ships?
August '64, Maddox & Turner Joy - Probably a fake.
15 of 17
Result & Date of Tonkin?
August '64. Gulf of Tonkin resolution
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What was Pleiku & Date?
February '65
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Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon

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'45 - '53 DEMOCRAT

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'53-'61 REPUBLICAN

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