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1
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How many US aircraft were destroyed?

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3,500

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What was the average age of US soldiers?

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19

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3
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How many tonnes of napalm was dropped on South Vietnam?

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20,000

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How long did US soldiers have to serve for?

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1 year

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What percentage of soldier deaths were due to accidents, drug abuse, suicide and murder?

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18%

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6
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What fraction of US bombs hit South Vietnam?

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2/3

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7
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What percentage of soldiers were younger than 21?

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61%

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What percentage of US soldier casualties were caused by booby traps?

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11%

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9
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How much money did the Viet Cong and North Vietnam receive from The USSR and China?

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$2 billion

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What guns did the Viet Cong use?

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AK47

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What did the Viet Cong do which limited the US air support?

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‘Hang onto American belts’

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12
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How long were the Viet Cong tunnels?

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240km

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13
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What percentage of casualties were black Americans?

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22%

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What percentage of the Army was made up of Black Americans?

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11%

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15
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In the first 6 months of 1968, how many demonstrations with how many students were there at Berkeley, Yale and Stanford Universities?

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100 demonstrations by 40,000 students

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Protests phrase:

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“Hey! Hey! LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?”

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17
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How many students protested in May 1970 at Kent State University?

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3,000

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18
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How many students were shit dead and injured during the Kent state University protest?

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4 were shot dead and 16 were injured

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19
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How many students went on strike as a result of the Kent State shooting?

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4 million

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20
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How many money was the US spending per year on Vietnam?

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$20 billion

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21
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How many US helicopters were destroyed?

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5,000 ($250,000 each)

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22
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How much money did the US spend on the war?

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$110 billion

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23
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How much did the US spend on the war per second?

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$2,000 per second for 10 years

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How much did it cost to kill 1 Viet Cong soldier?

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$400,000

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25
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What was the name of the (very expensive) bombing campaign?

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Operation Rolling Thunder

26
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When did Nixon become president?

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January 1969

27
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What did Nixon say he wanted for the US in terms of the Vietnam war?

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“Peace with honour”

28
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What was Vietnamisation?

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The withdrawal of US forces and replacing them with South Vietnamese forces (ARVN)

29
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Which invasion by North Vietnam failed in 1972?

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Spring Offensive

30
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Name a pro-war song?

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“The ballad of the green berets” by Haggard

31
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What percentage of TV shoes dead or wounded?

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25%

32
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How many Tv reports out of 2,300 showed heavy fighting?

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76

33
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How many people watched the live execution of a Viet Cong soldier after the Tet Offensive?

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20 million

34
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How many civilians were killed in the My Lai massacre?

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300-400

35
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How many people protested in Washington DC in 1969 because of the My Lai Massacre?

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700,000

36
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In 1973 what fraction of discharges were “less than honourable”

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1/5

37
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What did Muhammad Ali do?

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Burned his draft and declared himself a conscientious objector and refused military service

38
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What were the consequences for Muhammad Ali’s actions?

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Had his boxing titles taken away and had a criminal conviction and 5 year prison sentence ( overturned later by US Supreme Court )

39
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What does VVAW stand for?

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Vietnam Veterans Against the War

40
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When was the VVAW founded?

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1967

41
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What happened in December 1970 with the VVAW?

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The “winter soldier” investigations ( testifying to things that happened against the Vietnamese civilians )

42
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What dates were the watergate scandal?

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1972-1974

43
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When was the break in on watergate?

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June 1972

44
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When was Nixon running for re-election?

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1972

45
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What does CRP stand for?

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Nixon’s Committee to Re-elect the President

46
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What happened in October 1972?

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The FBI discovered there was illegal spying and sabotage and that the break in was just a larger campaign conduct of behalf of CRP

47
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What had Nixon done?

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Secretly taped every conversation that took place in the Oval Office

48
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When did Nixon release the tapes?

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August 1974

49
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When was Nixon re-elected?

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1972

50
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What was the tape known as that served as indisputable evidence that Nixon had taken part in the cover up?

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“Smoking gun”

51
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When did Nixon resign because he was facing impeachment?

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August 1974

52
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What percentage aid reduction did South Vietnam face due to increasing political issues in The Us during 1973-1974?

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50%

53
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When we’re the first Paris Peace talks?

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May 1969

54
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Why were there issues with the peace talks?

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North Vietnam refused to recognise the government of South Vietnam

55
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When did the secret negotiations begin and how long did they last?

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In August 1969 and lasted for 3 years

56
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When was a treaty drafted?

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October 1972

57
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Who was the leader of South Vietnam?

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Thieu

58
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When we’re the Paris Peace Accords signed?

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January 1873

59
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When was Operation Frequent Wind?

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April 1975 (evacuation by helicopter)

60
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When did North Vietnam announce the creation of a united leadership?

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April 1975

61
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When did Thieu resign and flee to Taiwan?

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April 1975

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