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1
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what event is the root of the conflict in the midwest today

A

world war 1

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2
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list 3 midwest countries

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iraq
jordan
israel
syria
turkey

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3
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what 3 factors were not considered when creating boundaries

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ethnic
religious
tribal differences

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4
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where do the palistinians want to create their own nation, also known as the 2 state solution

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west bank

gaza strip

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5
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according to the palastines, what must happen before they can create their own state

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jews have to leave the west bank and gaza strip

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6
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settlers

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jews trying to build permanent settlements in west bank and gaza strip

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7
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4 options isreal has

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1 ethnic cleaning - genocide

2 allowing the Palestinians to vote- palestinians will vote the isrealies out

3 apartheid- minority (jews) rules out the majority (palestinians)

4 two state solution- create 2 countries, palestine and isreal

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8
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what happened when the israel government tried to remove 9 families from the west bank

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jews were fighting jews

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9
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what is the first thing that just happened for the 2 state solution to work

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Israeli/jews must move out of west bank and gaza strip

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10
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who is the israeli, who is the palestinians

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israeli- jews
palestinians- arabs/muslims

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11
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what does the israeli/palestinian crisis go back to? explain?

A

biblical times

abraham had 2 sons, ishmael and isaac

ishmael is born out of wedlock. isaac is son of abraham and sarah.

oldest son is promised to inherit everything

who is the oldest?

ishmael- arabs
isaac- jews

god promised both the holy land

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12
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what is the holy land

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present day israel / palestine

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13
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what empire is palestine part of

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ottoman empire

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14
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what is zionism

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jews wanting to create their own homeland

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15
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in 1947 what did the UN do to palestine

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break it up into 2 equal parts.

arabs do not agree w this.

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16
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what did jews do in 1948

A

create their own country (israel)

US quickly recognizes it as a country

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17
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what happened in the 6 day war on 1967

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israel now controlled sinai peninsula, gaza strip, west bank, golan heights, all of jerusalem

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18
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what did america celebrate in 1976

A

200th bday

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19
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why were some americans pessimistic in late 70s

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vietnam
watergate
economy is in trouble

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20
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what do young people realize they cannot do in the 70s

A

solve all the worlds problems

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21
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new type of music in the 70s

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disco

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22
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what percentage of marriages ended in divorce

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50 %

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23
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new president who represented small town values

A

jimmy carter

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24
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2 countries challenging america in the output of steel and electronics

A

japan
west germany

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25
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name of toxic waste dump in niagara falls? result ?

A

love canal

earth day

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26
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problems with the 70s automobile industry

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high gas prices
pollution
bad ugly cars
gas guzzling cars

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27
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descríbale Vietnam conditions

A

jungle
very hot

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28
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where is vietnam

A

south east asia

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29
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1 reason we fight the vietnam war

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contain communism

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30
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what did the vietnamese want

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to be left alone by foreign nations and to be an independent country

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31
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domino theory

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if one country falls to communism , they all fall

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32
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what half does the US support

A

south

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33
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tonkin golf resolution

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america is now at war with north vietnam

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34
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from 1954-1964 the war was a ____

after 1964 the war was ____

A

civil war

americanized

35
Q

reason for 2 end dates 73(75)

A

73-shots end
75-falls to communism

36
Q

what group helped us, what do we do in return

A

hmong

bring them to america

37
Q

average draft age and tour of duty

A

19

1 year

38
Q

what did many men come home w

A

ptsd

39
Q

purpose of body count

A

no front lines

winner has more kills

40
Q

what 2 groups do we fight

A

NVA: uniforms
north Vietnamese army

vietcong: civilian clothing
communist guerilla fighters in s.viet
friend by day, enemy by night

41
Q

4 examples of the enemies elusiveness

A

tunnel systems

hit and run

booby traps

cant tell friend from enemy

42
Q

what doesn’t matter anymore because of no front lines

A

territory

43
Q

affect of napalm and agent orange on rural population

A

napalm- jelly like bomb, burned forests

agent orange- herbicide, kills the jungle, causes cancer

44
Q

what caused morale of soldiers to drop as war continued

A

we aren’t winning

poor jungle conditions

cannot tell friend from enemy

45
Q

what impact did television coverage have on american home front

A

gov says there is light at the end of the tunnel

TV shows the war is not almost over

46
Q

why is draft seen as unfair?
ways to legally and illegally avoid?

A

rich could afford college, poor and blacks could not

go to college
hold essential job
be homosexual
get married
health conditions

go to cananda or mexica

47
Q

what has government been saying abt the vietnam war progress

A

light at the end of the tunnel

48
Q

what is tet? when is tet?

A

vietnamese new year

jan 31st

49
Q

what does USA and NVA do during tet

A

cease fire

50
Q

how many towns and air bases did the VC attack simultaneasly

A

120

51
Q

was the tet offensive militarily a military defeat for vietcong and NVA

A

yes

52
Q

how does tet offensive change public opinion against vietnam war

A

prove their is no light at the end of the tunnel

we aren’t going to win the war anytime soon. if ever.

53
Q

hawk vs dove

A

hawk- pro war
dove- anti war

54
Q

march 1968 what does president johnson decide not to do

A

run for re election

55
Q

who was assasinated april 4?
result?

A

mlk
riots

56
Q

who was assasinated june 5th

A

RFK

57
Q

who gets elected november 1968

A

nixon

58
Q

in 1969 what did president nixon start to do

A

starts to end the war

59
Q

vietnamization

A

slowly pull out american troops. south vietnamese will fight their own war

60
Q

peace w honor meaning

A

not going to win, not going to lose, us can still hold our heads up high

61
Q

who is the silent majority

A

traditional america - us/we

62
Q

My Lai massacre

A

500 vietnamese
villagers r massacred

63
Q

what happens at Kent St

A

4 college kids are shot by national guards

64
Q

what do the pentagon papers say

A

we were going to go war with Vietnam no matter what and we had no exit strategy

65
Q

what year does vietnam end

A

1973

66
Q

what happens to vietnam in 1975

A

falls to communism

67
Q

how many americans die in vietnam war

A

58000

68
Q

what is a POW

A

Prisoner of war

69
Q

what monumental event happened july 1969

A

2 american astronauts land on the moon

70
Q

how many americas were there when nixon took office? explain

A

2
us/we: traditional america-patriotic

them: anti war protestors- college kids

71
Q

VP spiro agnew was the rock start for what part of america

A

middle america
preaches law and order
very traditional

72
Q

what country did nixon invade

A

Cambodia

73
Q

how many celebrations were there in times square to celebrate the end of the war

A

none

74
Q

what is watergate

A

hotel

75
Q

what does the Dnc stand for

A

democratic national committee

76
Q

Where is the DNC headquarters?
what is their job?

A

watergate
plan strategy for the election

77
Q

what did nixon hope to learn from watergate break in? explain what they did?

A

5 guys break into dnc at watergate and wire tap the phones. election strategy of dnc.

78
Q

did nixon play a role in the break in?
what crime did he commit?

A

no
the cover up

79
Q

was nixon ever impeached?
how does he leave office

A

no

resigned

80
Q

would the US senate have removed nixon from office?

A

yes

81
Q

who becomes president after nixon? role?

A

ford
speaker of the house

82
Q

how many presidents have been impeached?

A

3
trump

83
Q

impeachment

A

officially charged with a crime
^ house of reps

senate decides if you are guilty or not

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