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Chapter33
Vietnam War
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History
10th Grade
06/13/2006

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Defoliants
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chemicals to strip land of vegetation, caused cancer
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Agent Orange
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A defoliant that caused liver cancer
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Kent State
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Nat'l Guard shot at students at an antiwar protest, four died
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Domino Effect
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If Vietnam becomes communist, the rest of Asia will fall to communism
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Pentagon Papers
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These revealed that the government frequently mislead the public about the war
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Vietnam Memorial- the names are arranged in what way?
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The names are in chronological order on the _________.
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Election of 1969, who was assasinated?
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Robert F Kennedy was assasinated before the election of what year?
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Richard Nixon
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won the election of 1968 after RFK was assasinated, and also won 1972 when he assured that the war would be over soon
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Peace Plans
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US withdrawls from S Vietnam and helps rebuild

prisoner exchange

failed to discuss the political future of S Vietnam
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Robert F Kennedy
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Democratic Candidate 1968, assasinated
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Sirhan Sirhan
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assassinated Robert F Kennedy
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Eugene McCarthy
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the other democratic candidate before the election of 1968
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Herbert Humphrey
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wins the Democratic nomination after Kennedy died (Johnson's VP)
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Henry Kissinger
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Nixon's advisor, helped better relationships with China and the USSR; won Nobel Peace Prize
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Daniel Ellsberg
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revealed the pentagon papers
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George McGovern
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Antiwar democratic candidate in the election of 1972
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