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N & S Vietnam were created as one term in the treaty signed between the French and the Communist government in Vietnam. The country was supposed to hold democratic election and reunification itself by 1956; no other countries were allowed to interfere. This did not happen as the US came replacing the French in South Vietnam to stop the spread of communism in the South East Asia, violating the treaty. This led to the Vietnam war later
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The term is "Reb". During the Civil War, confederates were "rebelling" against the US, so rebels were a common term. Johnny Reb was a standard term during that period.
A War By Any Other Name:The War of Secession. The War of Rebellion. (The term used by Northerners and the US War Department.)The American Civil War.The Freedom War. (Used by Southern Blacks.)Mr. Lincoln's War. (Used by Southerners.)The War to Save the Union. (Used by Northerners.)The War of Northern Agression. (By Southerners.)The War for Southern Independence. (By Southerners.)The War between the North and the South.The War between the Yankees and the Rebels.The Late Unpleasantness and The Lost Cause. (Southern terms.)War between the States. (On the USMC War Memorial by order of the Commandant of the Marine Corps who was from Virginia and who objected to the use of the term Civil War.The Civil War between the United States and the so called Confederate States. (Used by the US Supreme Court.)When proclaiming British Neutrality, Queen Victoria referred to it as "Hostilities between the Government of the United States of America and certain States styling themselves the Confederate States of America".
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