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| Define "Vietnam Syndrome" |
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| hesitation in regard to using US Military forces in Vietnam |
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| Define "Boxing Day Blitz" |
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| Nixon ordered bombing raids on Hanoi and Haiphong when peace talks were stalled by North Vietnam |
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| US president must get approval from congress to enter into war |
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| Explain the Traditional Theory on the beginnings of the cold war |
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| support economic aid and military support to South Vietnam in order to stop the spread of Communism |
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| What misconception was delivered about the fall of Saigon in the movie "Vietnam, the news story" |
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| Civilians were being short in the streets; this did not really happen |
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| What war was known as the first helicopter war? |
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| Battle at Diem Bien Phu in 1954 |
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| ended French imperial control of Indochina |
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| When did the US become officially involved in the Vietnam war? |
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| 1965: the marines landed at Pleiku, South Vietnam |
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| In which college were students killed while protesting the Vietnam war? |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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| Gives president nearly complete control over all military actions in Vietnam |
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| large Viet Cong attack on towns, cities, and American bases in South Vietnam |
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| When American soldiers killed Vietnamese villagers |
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| the far that if one country fell to communism other would follow |
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| policy of replacing American forces with South Vietnamese soldiers |
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| expansion of American involvement in Vietnam war |
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| college professors expressed their opinions about the Vietnam war |
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| men who opposed fighting in the war for moral or religious reasons |
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| college students could postpone entering the war |
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| A supply route that passed through Laos and Cambodia |
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| A time in the 1960'2 where there was a bigger difference in what young adults and older adults believed in |
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| a movement in which people believed that radical changes needed to be made in order to address racism and poverty |
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| League for the Independence of Vietnam |
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| a meeting in 1954 to discuss the division of Vietnam |
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| President Kennedy's policy in Vietnam |
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| increase the number of American Military advisors |
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| What unique hardships did Americans need to contend with in Vietnam |
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| tropical infections, booby traps, sniper fire and land mines |
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| America's efforts to destroy roads and bridges in South and North Vietnam |
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| How did TV play a role in the Vietnam war? |
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| it brought the war into America's living rooms |
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| Why was the draft considered unfair by some individuals? |
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| because college students could avoid the draft |
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| When did the Vietnam war end? |
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| When North Vietnam took total control of all of Vietnam in 1975 |
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| What was the main reason that America became involved in the Vietnam war? |
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| to stop the communists from taking over |
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| What did the protestors against the war want to happen? |
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| America to withdraw from the Vietnam war |
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| What country did President Nixon announce that America was going to invade in 1970? |
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| Nationalist leader who led Vietnam against the French |
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| Why did Kennedy support the govenenment of Ngo Dinh Diem? |
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| He was afraid that North Vietnam communists would take over South Vietnam |
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| Why did South Vietnamese military leaders overthrow Diem? |
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| Diem lost American support |
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| How did congress react to the North Vietnamese attack in the Gulf of Tonkin? |
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| congress gave control of American actions in Vietnam to President Johnson |
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| How did many South Vietnamese fell about the support of American troops? |
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| Many did not support American involvement in their war |
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| What gave Viet Cong guerillas an advantage? |
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| they had extensive tunnel systems underground |
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| Who won the 1968 election? |
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| What was the status of the war when Johnson's presidency ended? |
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| bombing had slowed and there were greater calls for peace talks |
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| What did Nixon do as he removed troops for Vietnam? |
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| What even caused a renewed protest of the war by students in 1970? |
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| What was missing from the peace treaty of 1973? |
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| provisions for American withdrawal from South Vietnam |
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| What did North Vietnam do after the US retreated from Saigon and left the war? |
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| They completed their take over of South Vietnam |
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| What happened to Southeast Asia as a result of the Vietnam War? |
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| They were controlled by communists |
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| Why did President Johnson decide not to run for a second term? |
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| Because of his inability to get the US out of Vietnam |
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| What campaign pledge did President Nixon plan to follow through on? |
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| Which military hardware played an important role in the US battles with the Viet Cong? |
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| Helicopters, tanks, b-52 bombers |
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| What year does US leave Vietnam,? |
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| What year do the French defeat at Dienbienphu? |
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| What year did US enter war in Korea? |
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| What year was Israel officially named as the State of Israel? |
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| What year was Kennedy assassinated? |
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| What year did the Cuban Missile crisis occur? |
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