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30 Cards in this Set
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Le Loi
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Military leader
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Ho Chi Minh
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World wanderer
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Vietminh
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Independence of Vietnam
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Domino theory
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Knock over the first one
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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Former government official
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Vietcong
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Members of rebel force
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Robert S. McNamara
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Secretary of defense
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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Both houses of Congress
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Escalation
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A buildup
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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Bombing campaign
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Network of jungle paths
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Defoliants
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Chemicals of strip
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Search and destroy missions
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Attempted to drive
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Pacification
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Program
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Doves
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People who opposed war
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Hawks
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People who supported the war goals
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Students for a Democratic Society
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Student group
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J. William Fulbright
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Senator
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Tet Offensive
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Bring down gov.
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William Westmoreland
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Commander of US forces
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Eugene McCarthy
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Senator
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Senator of NY
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Richard J. Daley
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Chicago mayor
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Richard Nixon
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Republicans hopes
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Vietnamization
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A plan
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Le Duc Tho
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Longtime member
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Kent State shootings
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Injured and killed students
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Pentagon Papers
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Documents revealing gov.
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George McGovern
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Senator
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26 amendment
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Passed the voting age
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