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This man was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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John Kennedy
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This man became the communist leader of China after WWII.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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This man was the leader of the soviet Union during the Cuban missile crisis.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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This man was president of the united States during the Korean War.
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Harry Truman
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This man was president when the United states pulled out of Vietnam.
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Richard Nixon
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This man was forced to leave China and flee to Taiwan when the communist party gained control.
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Chiang Kia-shek
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This man was the general of the U.N. troops in Korea until he was fired.
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Douglas MacArthur
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This president believed in the "domino theory".
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Dwight Eisenhower
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This president committed the most troops to Vietnam.
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Lyndon Johnson
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He was the communist leader in North Vietnam.
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Ho Chi Minh
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He would be the leader in South Vietnam assassinated by his own men.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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This president sent aid to the Contras to help defeat the Sandinistas.
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Ronald Regan
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Which president sent 16,000 military advisors into vietnam?
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Lyndon Johnson
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The belief that if one country falls to communism the ones around it will fall too is called what?
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The Domino Theory
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What was the supply line from North Vietnam to South Vietnam called.
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The Ho Chi minh Trail.
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What was the name of the incident when the North Vietnamese took conrol of South Vietnamese cities that changed public opinion about the war in Vietnam?
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The Tet Offensive
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At what parallel did the Geneva Accords divide Vietnam?
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17th Parallel
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What Asian country sent troops into North Korea to help them defeat the South Korean and UN troops?
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Japan
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What was the name given to the rebel communist fighters in South Vietnam?
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Vietminh
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What was Richard Nixon's policy for removing U.S. troops from Vietnam called?
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Vietnamization
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