US Presidents Flashcards

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Truman

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> end of WW2
Created Truman Doctrine
Inchon Landings
Fired MacArthur for taking invasions too far

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Eisenhower

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>Involved in Vietnam war 
>No boots on ground 
>800Military Advisors 
>$1.6Billion spent
>SEATO alliance
>Domino Theory 
>Saigon spies
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JFK

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> 1600 military advisors
$136mil spent
no boots on ground
300 helicopters
Strategic Hamlet Program- 100% rise in opposition
tried to do a lot for civil rights-was shot before he could do anything

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LBJ

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> troops sent in because of gulf of Tonkin
250,000 troops sent in
Rolling Thunder-3 years of bombing
Mac sog- secrete forces

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Nixon

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>Vietnamization 
>peace talks
>Paris Peace Accord
> Operation Menu & Barrel Roll
>December 1974-forced to resign
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Ford

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> Refused by US congress to help South Vietnam in 1975

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