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33 Cards in this Set
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Le loi
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Used gorilla warfare
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No chi Minh
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A world wonder
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Vietnaminh
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Vietnam
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Domino theory
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If one south Asian country fail the rest would.
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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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Gave the president all the authority necessary to repel an attack on america
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Escalation
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Buildup of an army
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Operation rolling thunder
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Bombing mission to bomb the north
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NGO dinh diem
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Former government official under the French
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H chi Minh trail
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Network of jungle. Paths
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Search and destroy missions
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Attempted to drive Vietcong out of their hideouts
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Pacification
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Provided security in rural areas
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Doves
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People who oppose war
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Hawks
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People who support war
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Students for a democratic society
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Students the opposed the nam war
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J William Fulbright
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Arkansas senator
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Tet offensive
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Attack by north Vietnam
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William westmoreland
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Commander of us forces
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Eugene McCarthy
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Minnesota senator
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Bobby Kennedy
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New York senator
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Richard Nixon
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President with the watergate scandal
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Richard Daley
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Chicago mayor
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Hnry Kissinger
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Nixons foreign policy advisor
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Vietnamization
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Starting to pull out us troops
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Le duc tho
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Revolutionary of north Vietnam
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Kent state shooting
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Shooting at kent state that shocked the world.
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Pentagon paper
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Secrecy government documents.
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George mcgoverner
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South Dakota senator
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Twenty sixth amendment
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Lowered voters age
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Le ly hay slip
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Survivor of Vietnam war
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War powers act
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Reaffirms congresses power to declare war
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Vietnam, veterans memorial
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In dc attempt to heal divisions
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Maya using Lin
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Made the Vietnam veterans memorial
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