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Tonkin Gulf resolution
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gave the president authority to atake all necessary measure sot repel any armed attack against forces of the united states
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took congres's power to declare war away
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escalation
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buildup of armed forces in vietnam
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president johnson ordered a draft to obtain teh necessary amount needed in the military
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operation rolling thunder
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a bombing campain against north vietnam's military targets
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goal was to weaken the enemy's will to fight and to assure the south vietnamese of the u.s. commitment to the war
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ho chi minh trail
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a network of jungle paths that was used to bring weapons and supplies into south vietnam
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key target of bombing
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defoliants
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chamicals that strip the land of vegetaion. the goal was to expose jungl esupply routs and enemy hiding places
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agent orange
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search-and-destroy
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an attempt to drive the vietcong from their hideouts
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pacification
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to secure locations they removed the residents of the villages and burned th village
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doves
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people who opposed the war
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hawks
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people for the war
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students for a democratic society
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an antiwar movement group.
mostly in colleges |
first antiwar demonstration
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Robert S. McNamara
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secretary of defense
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j. william fulbright
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a senator from arkansas who was a dove
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Gulf of tonkin
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th u.s. destroyer Maddox was sent to spy on north vietnam and was "attacked" by the noth vietnamese.
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Maddox attacked first and in "second attack" the equipment was misread.
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