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30 Cards in this Set
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route for moving supplies from N.V to the S.V
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Hochiminhtrail
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leader of N.V fought against foreign occupation
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Hochininh
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this limited president power to send in troop
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warpowers act
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amendment that lowered the voting to age 18 because they could be draft and not vote
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court case that ruled in favor of students freedom of expression
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tinker v. desmoines
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us president assassinated in 1963
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JFK
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this played a large role in affecting American opinion of the war
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television
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symbol of anti war movement
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dove
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idea that If one country fell to communism, other would follow
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domino theory
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he was elected president in 1964
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Lyndon Johnson
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symbol of the pro war movement
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hawk
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hippie capital
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San Fransisco
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dividing line between north and south Vietnam
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17 parallel
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stopping or containing _________ was the driving force in american foreign policy for 45 yrs
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communism
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civilian village was destroyed over 300 killed
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myliamoralare
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U.S soldiers who cleared out VC tunnel
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tunnel rats
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medal of honor winner from Texas who was wounded many times
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Roy benacidez
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country that previously colonized Vietnam
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france
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movement made up of white middle class college student
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counter culture
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nixon strategy to hand the war over the Vietnamese forces - giving them more responsibility
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Vietnamization
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January 1968 all out attack by N.V/VC the turning point if the w
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tetaffensive
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the year Woodstock and the U.S landing on the moon
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1969
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sustained bombing of vietnam
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operation rolling thunder
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the difference between what the government said and the media
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credibility gap
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tactic used to find and eradicate VC from villages
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sear chasnadestion
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S.V civilians who were guerilla fighters
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Vietcong
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highlight of the counterculture movement
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woodstock
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the fall of this city with helicopter evacuating thousands signified the end of the war in 1975
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saigin
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the french were defeated here and forced out of vietnam
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dienvienphu
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S.V president, perelsecuated Buddhist
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hogdlnhdism
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