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20 Cards in this Set
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guerrilla warfare
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Fighting by small bands using tactics such as sudden ambushes
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flexible response
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Use of special military units trained to fight guerrilla wars
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executive order
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Rule issued by the chief executive
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exile
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Person forced from his or her home
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blockade
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Close off
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hot line
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Direct telephone link between Moscow and Washington
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Vietcong
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Communists in South Vietnam who belonged to the National
Liberation Front |
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domino theory
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Eisenhower’s belief that when Communists take control in a
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coup
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When a government is overthrown by force
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escalate
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To gradually increase
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search-and-destroy mission
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To seek out enemy units and destroy them
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counterculture
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Movement that rejected traditional American values
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deferment
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Permission to not participate in the draft
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dove
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Opponent of the Vietnam War
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hawk
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Supporter of the Vietnam War
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credibility gap
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Loss of trust of the Johnson administration
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silent majority
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Quiet Americans who did not shout or demonstrate
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Vietnamization
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Nixon’s plan to have the South Vietnamese army take a more active role in
the fighting, and the United States to become less involved |
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Martial law
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Emergency military rule
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MIAs
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American soldiers who are classified as missing in action
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