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34 Cards in this Set
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Le loi
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Used guerilla warfare to defeat the chinese invaders
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Ho chi minh
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A world wanderer and man of mnay names
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Vietminh
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A resitence movement called the league for the independence of vietnam
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Domino theory
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When you knock over the first one the last one will go over very quick
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Ngo dinh diem
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A former government official under the french u.s. officials
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Robert s. mcnamara
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1963 secretary of defense
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Tonkin gulf resolution
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Gave the president authority to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the u.s.
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Escalation
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Or buildup, of u.s. military forces in vietnam
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Operation rolling thunder
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A bombing campaign against military targets in the north
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Ho chi minh trail
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A network of jungle paths
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Defoliants
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Chemicals that strip the land of vegetation
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Search and destroy missions
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Attempted to drive the Vietcong from their hideouts
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Pacification
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To provide security in rural areas, u.s. forces began this program
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Doves
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People who opposed the war
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Hawks
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People who supported the wars goals
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Sds
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Radical student group that shaped the antiwar movement
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J. William fulbright
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Head of the foreign relations committee
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Tet offensive
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Was expected to bring down south vietnams government as the people rallied behind their liberators
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William westmoreland
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Commander of u.s. forces in vietnam
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Eugene mccarthy
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A critic of the war
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Robert kennedy
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Of new york was the brother of the slain president Kennedy and a former u.s. attorney general
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Richard j. Daley
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Chicago mayor who ordered helmeted police to clear out the protesters
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Richard nixon
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Dominated the republican national convention in miami beach
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George wallace
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Former alabama governor
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Henry kissinger
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Nixons key foreign policy adviser
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Vietnamization
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Plan which in involves turning over the fighting to the south vietnamese while gradually pulling out u.s. troops
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Le duc tho
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Revolutionist of north vietnam
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Kent state shootings
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Four students killed and nine injured
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Pentagon papers
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Document that revealed that the gov had frequently misled the american people about the course of the war
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Twenty sixth amendment
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Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
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Le ly hayslip
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Survivor of the vietnam war
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War powers act
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Reafirms congress's constitutional right to declare war by setting a60 day limit on the presidential commitment of u.s. troops to foreign conflicts
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Maya ying lin
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Designed the Vietnam veterans memorial
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Vietnam veterans memorial
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Was an attempt to heal divisions
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