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When was the Berlin Wall built?
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1961
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What Election did Richard Nixon win?
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The election of 1968
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When did the US finally reach the moon?
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July 20, 1969
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When did the US end their involvement in Vietnam?
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January 27th 1973
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What is segregation?
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the seperating of people of diff races
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What was the Brown vs. Board of Education court case?
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it started with a seventeen year old not being able to go to an all white school just blocks from her house, The brown family sued but lost, BUT Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP took the case all the way to the supreme court inon December 1952. They ruled that Brown Vs. BOEOT was unconstitional to seperate schoolchildren by race.
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What was the result of the Brown vs. Board of Eduation in Topeka decision?
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School segration ends
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What happened at little rock?
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A school was ordered to permit black students to enter, but instead the governer sent in the national guard to prevent them from entering. Then the Federal Troops were sent in to admit the 9 AA students in.
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Who were the Freedom Riders?
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People (white and black) who rode on buses in nonviolent protest
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What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
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After Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus, blacks boycotted the buses in protest. It lasted for more than a year, until the supreme court ruled that the montgomery bus segregation law was unconstitutional
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What was a turning point in the 1960 election?
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The first televised debate
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When was Kennedy Asassinated?
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November 22, 1963
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What was the Bay of Pigs?
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CIA trained Cuban exiless were sent to cuba, with the purpose of starting an uprising to overthrow castro, but it was a failure. Within days, cuban forces crushed the uprising and captured the survivors
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Why was the Berlin wall put up?
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to stop the people from east berlin from escaping into west pberlin
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Who was the CMC between?
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US, Soviet Union, Partly cuba
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What was the CMC?
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The Soviets were building launch pads for nuclear weapons in cuba. The US ordered a blockade of cuba. and if cuba launched any missles in the western hemisphere that it would be viewed as an attack on the US and they would responded with a nuclear attack. After 5 days, the soviets turned back and soviet leaders withdrew their missles from Cuba.
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What was a result of the CMC?
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THE us and USSR decided to make a better relationship so they made a hotline and banned nuclear testing above ground and underwater
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Who was Ho Chi Minh?
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The communist leader of North VIETNAM
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Who was Ngo Dinh Diem?
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The leadrer of non-communist south vietnam (supported by the united states--most of the time)
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What was the Geneva Accords?
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It split vietnam into a south and a north temporarily
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Who were the Vietcong?
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The communists of north vietnam
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What was the domino theory?
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The idea that if one country fell to communism, the rest would fall one by one right agfter it
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Who was the first president involved in vietnam? Next? Next? Last?
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Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon
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Who were the green berets?
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A special forces troop sent to vietnam to train and advise south vietnamese troops
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What is a coup?
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overthrowing of a goverment
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Who was the Secretary of defense?
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Robert McNamara
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What was the Gulf of Tolkin resolutioN?
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It gave the president power to take "all nexessary measures to repel any armed attack against the US". it gave johnson a more braod authority to use American forces in Vietnam
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What was the conditions in vietnam's impact on the soldiers?
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BAD.. conditions led many soldiers to depression and drug use. Herbicides like agent orange caused long term effects on soldiers too.
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What were the feelings at home concerning the war in vietnam?
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There was large opposition and people felt that the war was a civil war and we should stay out of it. there was also obv the loss of life that people hated and such.
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What actions did the anti-war people at home do to show their opposition?
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They burned their draft cards, held protests
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What is counterculture?
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a movement that rejects traditional American values
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Who were the doves?
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anti-war
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Who were the hawks?
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pro-war
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What was the generationgap?
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Older vs. younger
prowar antiwar It was mostly how the gernerations saw things differently when it came to the war |
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What was the Tet offensive?
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A huge offensive launched by the North. It targetted militarty bases and american embassys and it was fought for almost a month.
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Who won the Tet offensive "technically"?
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South V and US, BUTit was a huge ordeal and it was barely won.
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When was the Tet offensive launched?
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January 31st, 1968
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Who was Eugene McCarthy?
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guy who ran for the democratic parties nomination(antiwar)
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Who was Robert F. Kennedy?
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JFK's little pro, he was the attorney general, he ran for the democratic parties nomination in the election of 1968 (antiwar)
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Who was William Westmoreland?
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The American Commander in Vietnam.
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Who was Hubert Humphrey/
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hE WAs johnson's VP and he announced after jihnson said he wouldnt run again that he would run also for the democratic nomination
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Who was the Chicago mayor
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Robert J. Daley
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WHo won the democratic nomination?
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HUMPHREY
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What happened at the convention in chicago?
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anti-war democrats feel left out because it seems that prowar democrat humphrey is going to win. so at first they protest peacefuly but then chicago's mayor orders police, swat, and tear gas to break them up. it resulted in humphreys rep being damaged
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Who's stance was "peace and order?"
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Nixon
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Who was George Wallace?
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Third party canidate
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Who was the republican party noimination?
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Richard Nixon
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Who won the election of 1968? why?
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Nixon, he didnt take a stance on if he was pro or anti war. he was very vague on vietnam. he won by less than 1%
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What were the three steps of Nixon's plan to achieve peace and order?
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1) reform selective service system
2) give SV more responsibility in fighting the war 3) expanding the bombing campaign |
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which of the steps in nixon's plan was kept a secret?
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the 3rd, the bombing campaigns
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Explain step one of nixon's three step plan.
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Reform selective service system.
-no draft deferments for college students -only 19 year olds can be called -promised to eliminate selective service in the future |
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Explain step two of nixon's three step plan
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Give south vietnam more control in fighting the war.Vietnamization. american troops begin to withdraw
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Explain step three of nixon's three step plan.
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Expand bombing campaign- kept secrettttt.
Bombing of enemy supply routes. Cambodia and Laos Called ARchlight |
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What happened at kent state?
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Students burned a military building and national guard went to kent. the troops shoot tear gas and open fire and kill 4 students
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Who is Henry Kissinger?
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Nixon's national security advisor
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What happened at Jackson state?
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2 students get shot and killed after toops shoot into the campus
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What was the Paris Peace Accords?
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The end of american ivolvement in vietnam. The US agreed to pull out of its troops, and NV in turn agreed to to return all american POW
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When did Saigon fall?
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April 30th, 1975
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Who won the Vietnam war?
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North Vietnam (communist)
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How did the war end?
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NV launced a final offensive after the americans were gone and they reached saigon. The communists finally reached them and saigon fell on april 30th 1975. South Vietnam surrendered and communists won
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What were some after effects of the vietnamese war?
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Troops were not welcome home and there was a lot of people who went MIA. They created a memorial and such
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What was one way that north vietnam outsmarted the americans?
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They had tunnels that they would have their soldiers hide in, in case of an attack.
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What did the United States do in response to the NV tunnels?
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They created a special group called the tunnel rats to go into the tunnels and kill the people in the tunnels.
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President JFK tried to convince the soviets to do what?
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put a ban on nuclear testing
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What was the first foreign crisis JFK faced?
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Cuba
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According to the Geneva Accords, whlose communist forces would occupy North VIetnam
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Ho Chi Minh
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Who was the secretary of defense sent to vietnam on a fact finding mission?
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Robert McNamara
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Students and other opponents of the vietnam war came to be known as what?
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dovees
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Who wanted his party's nomination for president as a protest against war?
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Eugene McCarthy
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Who run as a third-party candidate in the 1968 presidential race?
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WALLACE
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Who was the silent majorityes 1968 presidental candikdate?
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NIXON
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What was a turning point in the Vietnam war?
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The tet offensive
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WHo represented the uS at the paris peace talks
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henry kissinger
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How did pres kennedy respond to the missle buildup in cuba?
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he ordered a blockade
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Who was the first american to orbit the earth?
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John Glenn Jr.
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The radical ideas of many young people in the 1960s created a what?
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counterculture
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What did some Vietnam War protestors do to show their opposition to the draft?
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burned their draft cards
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What was the world's first successful satellite called and who was it launched by?
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Sputnik, Soviet Union
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Who was assassinated after winning the california primary?
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Robert Kennedy
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WHO WAS THE AMERICAN COMMANDER IN VIETNAM?
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William Westmoreland
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Who was the chicago mayor who had police control antiwar activists at a democratic 1969 convention?
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Robert J. Daley
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Richard M. Nixon ordered the bombing of enemy supply routes in Laos and....
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Cambodia
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When national guard troops fired shots into the crowd, students were killed wherre?
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Kent state U
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Who were fighters of guerrillla wars?
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Green Berets
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What is a presidentail isssued rule?
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executive order
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What symbolized communist repression?
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The berlin wall
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Who were part of New left?
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Students for a Democratic society
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What was the Us's vietnam policy
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the domino theory
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what are sudden ambushes?
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guerilla warfare
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Who are the peace corps?
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american volunteers
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