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Indochina

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Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia

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Who conquered Vietnam in the 1800s

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France

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Search and destroy

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Search out north Vietnam, destroy them by killing as many as possible to persuade them not to fight anymore

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Victory isn’t determined by territory but by

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Body count

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What did Japanese do during ww11

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Overran indochina

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What were a challenge to European powers

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Guerrilla forces who wanted to be free of foreign rule

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What convinced the French to leave Vietnam

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Victory at Dien Bien Phu by the Vietnamese in 1954

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Who controlled north Vietnam

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Ho chi minh

Communists

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Who controlled south

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Ngo Dinh Diem

Non communist

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Us believed domino theory-

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That other countries in Southeast Asia would fall to communism if communism spread to south Vietnam

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Vietcong

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Communist rebels attempting to overthrow south vietnams government

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Under which president did us send millitary advisors to Vietnam

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Kennedy

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What caused further escalation into war for Vietnam

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2 us navy destroyers claimed in the Gulf of Tonkin they were fired upon by NV

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Golf of Tonkin resolution

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Allowed president Johnson to take all necessary actions to prevent further aggression in Southeast Asia

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What did LBJ do in response to the gulf of Tonkin

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Sent 500,000 us troops to war in Vietnam

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Tet offensive

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In 1968 guerrilla forces attacked us and SV in unexpected assault
Took place during tet, Vietnamese new year

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Who decided not to run for second term due to Vietnam war

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LBJ

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Paris peace accord

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Nixons agreed cease fire in 1973, us withdrew its troops

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How did NV win war

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2 years after US troops left, NV conquered south Vietnam

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Effects of war

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Cambodia and Laos fell to communism

Domino theory became reality

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Liberal

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Gov action to achieve equal opportunity
Gov duty to alleviate social ills
Gov role to guarantee no one in need

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Who was a liberal president

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LBJ

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Great society

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LBJ
urban renewal 
Medicare 
Aid education
Protection of civil rights
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Medicare

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Provide free Medicare for the poor

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1964 civil rights act

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Protect right to vote; public housing, no gov funds for discriminatory programs

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1965 voting rights act

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African Americans can vote

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Conservative

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Defended status quo
Opposed rapid change
Disliked gov involvement in Econ
More power to states

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Who was a conservative

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Nixon

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What opposed great society

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Nixons law and order society

30
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How did Nixon restore order

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Use FBI to spread conflict in civil rights groups

IRS to audit protestors

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Who was a conservative

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Nixon

32
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How did Nixon reverse civil rights policies

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Desegregation of schools slowed down

Extension of voting rights act pushed date further

33
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Stagflation

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Inflation going up (value of dollar going down)

Unemployment going up

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Stagflation causes

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Deficit spending by gov
Competition with goods from Japan and west Germany
Many new workers=unemployment

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OPEC

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Organization of petroleum exporting countries

36
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Why did OPEC cut off oil to us

A

Because US sent millitary aid to Israel during a war with Egypt and Syria

37
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What did oil shortages cause

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Severe shortages
Prices went up
Long lines
Factories and schools closed causing more unemployment

38
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How did Nixon fix foreign policy

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Wanted it to be more flexible and realistic, easing tension with communist countries

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Détente

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A policy of easing cold War tensions

40
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Where did Nixon visit for foreign policy

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China- to work together peacefully

Moscow/ USSR- signed SALT 1

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What did SALT 1 do

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Denuclearization

Limit number of ICBMs (missiles) for five years

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Election of 1972

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Nixon wins due to détente and peace for Vietnam

43
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Watergate

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5 men broke into DNC 
Took pictures and bugged
Nixon tried to cover it up and pay off the people
Denied involvement 
Tried to get un edited tapes 
Nixon obstructed justice
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Spiro Agnew

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VP during Nixon, accepted bribes

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Next president after Nixon

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Gerald ford

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Ford administration

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Gives full pardon to Nixon
Try to cut gov spending to stop inflation
Continued détente

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Effects of watergate

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Americans distrustful of their government and leaders

Negative attitude about elected officials

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What strategies did Vietcong use

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Mines and boobie traps
Dog tunnels for sneak attack
Hide in plain sight

49
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Terrain in Vietnam

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Avg temp over 100*f
100% humidity
Razor sharp grass and bamboo
2 step snake

50
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How did people avoid the draft

A 
Empathetic doctors
Changed where they lived for new draft board
Other services 
College
Marriage
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How did civil rights leaders react to war

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It was mean and ironic that they had to right for a country that treated them horrible

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New left

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Youth movement

Wanted changes in American society

53
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Doves

A

Men who strongly opposed the war

Believed us should withdraw

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Hawks

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People who felt the us should use great military power to win the war

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Kent state Ohio

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Students rioted for two days

National guard came, year has and fired on them

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What were some issues with Ngo Dinh Diem

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Rich catholic background

Terrorized Buddhist monks

57
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In charge of us troops in Vietnam

A

General westmoreland

58
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Vietnamization

A

End American involvement by training Vietnamese to fight their own war

59
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Deep thrust

A

Mark felt

Associative director of FBI

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Us strategies to fight Vietnam

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Agent orange
Helicopters
Napalm
Search and destroy

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VVAW

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Vietnam vets against the war
Led by Jim Carey
Spoke out about the wrong doings in Vietnam and tried to stop war

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War powers act

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President must inform congress within 48 hours of sending forces into a hostile area without declaration of war

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My Lai

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Small village where William calley ordered a platoon to massacre innocent civilians

64
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National energy act

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Taxed cuts that used more gas
Removed rules on us production of energy
Gave tax credits for alternative energy

65
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Carter

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Advanced human rights

66
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Iran crisis

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Angered at Americans involvement with the shah a religious rebellion resulted in 52 us hostages

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