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major Viet Cong attack on towns, cities, and American bases throughout South Vietnam |
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1954 meeting to discuss the division of Vietnam |
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policy of replacing American forces with South Vietnamese soldiers |
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political movement which believed that problems of racism and poverty called for radical changes in American Society |
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the fear that is one nation falls to communism, its neighbors will soon follow |
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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congressional act giving the President nearly complete control over United States military actions in Vietnam |
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incident in which American troops killed from 175-400 Vietnamese villagers |
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young men who opposed fighting in a war on moral or religious grounds |
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President Kennedy's policy in Vietnam was to : |
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in crease the number of American military advisors |
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college students could postpone being drafted in to military service |
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a military expansion of American involvement, in the Vietnam war |
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College professors held these to express their opinions about the Vietnam War |
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a supply route that passed through Laos and Cambodia |
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Communist guerillas that fought to gain control of South Vietnam |
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in the 1960's parents and children had very different ideas and the gap between their beliefs widened |
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the League for the independence of Vietnam |
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Escalation of the Vietnam War began with the |
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passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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American solders in Vietnam had to cope with: |
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tropical infections and booby traps |
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Civilians in both North and South Vietnam had to suffer the effects of American efforts to destroy roads and bridges through: |
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In the US, television was instrumental in : |
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bringing the brutality of the war into people's living rooms |
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Some of the Americans questioned the fairness of the draft because: |
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college students could easily avoid the draft |
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The Vietnam war finally ended in 1975 when: |
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North Vietnam gained control over all of Vietnam |
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What did the US fear would happen if it did not get involved in Vietnam |
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communists would take over |
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What are some conditions that Americans faced while fighting in Vietnam? |
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sniper fire and land mines |
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What was the primary focus of the protest movement of the 1960's? |
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to demand US withdrawal from Vietnam |
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Tensions between students who opposed the was and the National Guardsmen resulted in 4 deaths at: |
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In 1970, President Nixon announced that American forces would invade which country? |
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Who was the nationalist leader who led Vietnam against the French? |
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Why did President Kennedy support the government of Ngo Dinh Diem? |
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Kennedy feared that Communists would take over South Vietnam |
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Why did South Vietnam Military leaders overthrow Diem? |
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He had lost American support |
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What did congress do after the North Vietnamese attack in the Gulf of Tonkin? |
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gave Johnson control over American actions in Vietnam |
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What principle, described by President Eisenhower, became associated with American involvement in Southeast Asia? |
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American soldiers were confused to discover that many South Vietnamese people; |
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did not appreciate their efforts |
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One advantage the Viet Cong guerrillas had was their |
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In fighting the North Vietnamese, United States forces used: |
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Herbicides such as Agent Orange were used mainly to: |
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expose Viet Cong hiding places |
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The officer in charge of the My Lai massacre was: |
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The death toll at My Lai might have been greater but for: |
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the heroics of an American helicopter crew |
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Many young people in the 1960's had freedom and opportunities unknown to previous generations, thanks to: |
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The student protest movement of the 1960"s emerged from the: |
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The Port Huron Statement by the SDS called for power to be rooted in: |
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love, reflectiveness, reason, and creativity |
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Many young men resisted the military draft by: |
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During the election of 1968, the issues dividing the country also caused what? |
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a split in the Democratic Party |
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The winner of the 1968 election was: |
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What was the status of the Vietnam War by the end of Johnson's presidency? |
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bombing was reduced and calls for peace negations began |
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What did Nixon do as he withdrew American troops from Vietnam? |
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Which of the following reignited student protests in the 1970's |
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Nixon's invasion of Cambodia |
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What was not part of the peace treaty signed in 1973? |
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Elections to unify the country |
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What did North Vietnam do after the last Americans fled Saigon? |
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completed it's conquest of South Vietnam |
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What was one legacy of the Vietnam War? |
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a flood of refugees form Southeast Asia |
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What was one reason for the creation of the Vietnam War Memorial? |
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to help heal the wounds created by the war |
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Who was the president who did not run for reelection because of his inability to remove the US military from Vietnam? |
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The U.S. official military involvement in Vietnam came in this year: |
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When President Nixon became president he kept his promise of: |
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The battle ending French imperial control of French Indochina in 1954 occurred at: |
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Name some of the military hardware that was used by the US in an attempt to defeat the Viet Cong? |
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helicopters, tanks, B-52 bombers |
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Major results of the Vietnam War were: |
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The "Vietnam syndrome"; the 1973 War Powers Act; the elimination of the draft |
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What created 2 separate states for the Jews and the Arabs in the region known as Palestine? |
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What middle eastern country was successful in both 1967 and 1973 in fighting off it's attackers and remaining a democratic country? |
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Historic treaty to establish peace between 2 previously warring nations (Israel and Egypt): |
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