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Peace corps

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They sent volunteers to help build schools and wells

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Fidel Castro

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Had a revolution against a unpopular dictator

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Berlin Wall

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A barrier of concrete and barb wire

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Cuban missle crisis

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The U.S. formed a blockade around Cuba

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Neil Armstrong

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He was the first man on the moon

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Edwin Aldrin

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He was the second person on the moon

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Ho Chi Min

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He believed only a communist could free the Vietnam people

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Domino theory

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American leaders believed if one country became communist others would fall into communism

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Vietcong

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Communist guerrilla forces called Vietcong and its army

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Tonkin golf resolution

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To take all nesasary measures

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Ho Chi Min Trail

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Route used by north Vietnam

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Escalation

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Increased involvement

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William westmoreland

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U.S. ground forces in Vietnam

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Search and destroy missions

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Where U.S. searched for bombs and camps

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TET-offensive

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Surprise attacks all over Vietnam

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Doves

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Opponents of the war were called doves

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Hawks

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Supporters of the war were called hawks

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Students of Democratic society

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Made weapons in Vietnam

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Hippies

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Emphases individual freedom

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Richard M Nixon

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Promised to restore American society

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Henrey Kissinger

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Planned to pull U.S. troops from Vietnam

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Vietnamizantion

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Pull troops from south Vietnam and take over

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Twenty sixth amendment

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Lowered the federal voting age

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War powers act

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Committing U.S. troops to an armed struggle

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Vietnam veterans memorial

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A black granite wall of names of past soldiers

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