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14 Cards in this Set
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Sout vienams placed the nation under what law?
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Martial law
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Who seized the government and killed the president?
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The couth vietnamese army
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Now they were going to fight what?
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the viet cong
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who supplied North vietnam with ammunition and guns?
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China and the Soviet union
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Presedent jhonson and other contries sent what into south vietnam?
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U.S marines
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america instituted what to get enough soldiers since many opposed the war?
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The army
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who became the next presedint because L.B.J didnt run?
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Richard Nixon
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The peace treaty said:
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1. american soldiers would leave vietnam
2. south vietnam would keep its independance 3. North vietnam could keep 100,000 soldiers in the south |
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as soon as america left north vietnam attacket south. what did they do?
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1. reunited the contry and made it communist rule
2. took over a city and named it Ho Chi Minh city 3. all who opposed were sent to concentration camps |
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how many americans died?
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60,000
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what were msny of the soldiers who died?
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P.O.Ws. (prisenor of war)
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Many ___ were never found
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MIAs
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soldiers who came back were not treated as what?
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heroes
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what was built in washington dc in 1982?
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the vietnam veteran memorial
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