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17 Cards in this Set
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President 1?
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John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
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President 2?
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Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1965 1965-1969
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President 3?
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Richard M. Nixon 1969-1973 1973-1974
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President 4?
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Gerald R. Ford 1974-1977
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Viet Cong
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Communist gurrillas in South Vietnam who fought against the Vietnam War
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Deferment
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official postponement of a peros call to serve in the armed forces
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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1964 congressional resolution authorizing President Johnson to militay act
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Viatnamization
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President Nixon policy of replacing American military forces with those of South Vietnam
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conscientious objecter
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someone who opposes war on moral on religious ground
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Penatgon papers
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Gov. study u.s involment in the vietnam war made public
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escalation
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expansion by stages, as from a limited or loca conflict into a general especially nuclear wa
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Tes Offensive
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Attack by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces throughout South Vietnam
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teach in
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special sessio of lecture and discussion on a controversial
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Woodstock
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Fesival in New York where they celebrate peace and love
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Ho Chin Minh Trail
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Supply route that carries troops and supplies from nort vietnam to south
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My Lai Massacre
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1968 the killing of several hundres vietnamese by american soldiers
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napalm
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Highly fammable chemial can be place into bombs
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