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Tet offensive
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surprise attack on south vietnam by the vietcong
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Vietnamization
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getting out of vietnam and turning the fighting over to the south vietnamese
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Kent State Shottings
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national guard troops were sent to control demonstraters and shot 4 and wounded 9.
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Pentagon Papers
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documents that revealed that the government had frequently misled the american people about the course of the war.
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leaked by daniel ellsberg
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William Westmoreland
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general and commander of the u.s. forces in vietnam
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Eugene McCarthy
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ran for democratic presidential nomination
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Robert Kennedy
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shot while running for president
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Richard Daley
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mayor of chicago who ordered the police to take care of the protesters outside the democratic national convention
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Le Duc Tho
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revolutionary from north vietnam. met with kissinger to discuss peace
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Henry Kissinger
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nixon's foreign policy advisor.
won nobel peace prize for ending the war. |
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