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the site of the massacre of South Vietnamese civilians by US troops during the Vietnam war

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Mai Lai

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young organization that fought for civil rights and against the Vietnam war and the draft

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students for a democratic society

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us commander of operations in Vietnam who demanded more troops

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William Westermoreland

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president Nixon’s policy of withdrawing American troops and replacing them with soldiers

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vietnamization

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people who were for the war in Vietnam

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hawk

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communist rebels in South Vietnam also called the Vietcong

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national liberation front

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college where tensions between students who opposed the war and national Guardsmen resulted in 4 deaths

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kent state

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this 1968 battle in Vietnam was a turning point in the war

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tet offensive

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bombing campaign of North Vietnam started with president Johnson

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operation rolling thunder

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South Vietnamese army

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ARVN

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president’s secretary of defense who argued for escalation of the war in Vietnam

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Robert McNamara

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president Nixon’s national security advisor over Vietnam

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Henry Kissinger

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he ruthlessly ruled south vietnam until before his assasination in 1963

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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the idea that if one country in Indochina fell to communism others would soon follow

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domino theory

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Nixon’s strategy to ending the war

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peace with honor

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Vietcong supply lines from north vietnam and other neighboring countries

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ho chi minh trail

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the leader of the pro-communist forces in vietnam and in the 1950’s

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ho chi minh

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this bill gave president johnson full authority for the war

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gulf of tonkin resolution

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group organized by the Ho Chi Minh during WW2 to resist the japanese occupation

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vietminh

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stipulated that vietnam unifying elections would be withing 2 years

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geneva accords

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this was the growing youth movement that pushed for huge social changes in the US

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the new left

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this chemical used by the us in the jungles of vietnam had long term health consequences on US troops

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agent orange

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the president who escalated the vietnam war by attacking neighboring nations like cambodia in the 1970’s

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Nixon

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difference between President Johnson’s claims of winning the war and what was really happening in Vietnam

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credibility gap

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which president was elected in 1960?
Kennedy
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which president debated between Nixon?
Kennedy
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which president continued the policy of containment?
Kennedy
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which president authorized the bay of pigs invasion?
Kennedy
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which president ordered a natural blockade?
Kennedy
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which president resolved the cuban missile crisis in 1962?
Kennedy
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which president created peace corps?
Kennedy
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which president expanded the US space program
Kennedy
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which president created "the new frontier"?
Kennedy
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which president was sworn in on Air Force 1?
Johnson
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which president created the "great society"?
Johnson
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which president helped expand civil rights act (1964)
Johnson
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which president increased military involvement in vietnam war?
Johnson
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which presidents were democratic?
Kennedy and Johnson
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which presidents expanded the supreme court
Kennedy and Johnson
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Bay of pigs
remove communist dictator (cuban) from power- failed & Castro joins soviet union in protection against the US
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Supreme court
mapp vs. ohio, gideon vs. wainwright, miranda vs. arizona
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civil rights act 1964
ended discrimination of race or sex
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launched operation rolling thunder
Johnson
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pledged "peace with honor" to end the war
Nixon
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pentagon papers released
Nixon
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sent economic aid and a limited # of advisors
Eisenhower
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paris peace accords signed
Nixon
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increased # of military advisors to 15,000
Kennedy
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invaded cambodia
Nixon
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escalated the war up to 500,000 ground troops
Johnson
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visited china for the first time
Nixon
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contributed economic aid only
Truman
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bombed cambodia
Nixon
54
ordered a rescue mission to saignon before south vietnam fell
Ford
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Geneva accords signed, giving vietnam its independence
Eisenhower
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began vietnamization
Nixon
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gulf of tonkin resolution passed
Johnson
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Decided to aid the french in maintaing control in vietnam
Truman
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Kent state massacre killed 4 students
Nixon
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Mai lai massacre became big news
Nixon
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coined the term domino theory
Eisenhower
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americanized the war
Johnson
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vietnam is divided at the 17th parallel
eisenhower
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tet offensive occured, proving the north was still strong
Johnson
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promised to represent the silent majority
Nixon
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the north invaded the south and vietnam is united as a communist country
Ford
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Ngo Dinh Diem was overthrown
Kennedy
68
visited moscow for the first time
Nixon
69
redefined the draft with a lottery system
Nixon
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war powers act was signed
Nixon
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Ho chi minh
leader of a communist party, condemned to death by France because of his religious leadership
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Vietminh
an organization whose goal it was to win vietnam's independence from foreign rule
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dien bien phu
a french outpost in northwestern vietnam
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geneva accords
temporarily divided vietnam along with the 17th parallel
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tonkin gulf resolution
granted Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam while not declaring war
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operation rolling thunder
the first sustained bombing of north vietnam
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start of the war between Ho Chi Minh's nationalists and French colonial troops
1946
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vietnamese communists defeat the french. the country is divided into north vietnam and south vietnam
1954
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south vietnamese ask for military advice from the US to combat vietcong guerrillas
1961
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south vietnamese government is overthrown. Viet cong increase their activities
1963
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war breaks out between north vietnam (backed by soviets) and south (backed by US)
1964
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the US sends combat troops to South Vietnam
1965
83
australian troops arrive in Vietnam to fight with the americans. the first antiwar demonstrations take place
1966
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first efforts are made toward peace, but they fail. antiwar demonstrations increase and spread to other countries
1967
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north vietnamese and vietcong launch the tet offensive against the south
1968
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US withdraws 25,000 of its 540,000 troops. the fighting and the antiwar protests continues
1969
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US invades cambodia to support an anticommunist governement and prevent supplies from reach north vietnam
1970
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fighting spreads to laos
1971
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peace talks begin again
1972
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cease fire is agreed and the US withdraws its troops. vietnamese continue to fight
1973
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communists take control of the whole of vietnam
1975
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vietnam is reunited under a communist government
1976
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jus ad bellum
justice towards war
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jus in bello
justice in war
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jus post bellum
justice after war
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where was JFK born?
massachusetts
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what was JFK's job before he was elected president?
senator
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how many votes did Kennedy win by?
303-219 electoral votes and 112,287 popular votes
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what was Kennedy's religion?
catholic
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who was JFK's wife?
Jaqueline Kennedy
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what was the date JFK's assasination date?
november 22, 1963
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what state is LBJ from?
Texas
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what college did LBJ attend?
Southwest Texas state teacher college
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who did LBJ beat in the 1964 election?
Barry Goldwater
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what title/job did LBJ have in congress before he came vice president?
youngest minority leader in senate history

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