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| The leader of South Vietnam who the U.S. initially supported. |
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| The popular communist leader of North Vietnam. |
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| Name given to the people from the south who were fighting the U.S. and ARVN (South Vietnamese military) using guerrilla tactics |
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| The system of paths and roads that was used to transport supplies to the Vietcong from North Vietnam |
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| Chemical defoliant used in Vietnam |
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| Gasoline based substance used to burn the jungle, but tragic when dropped on people. |
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| Said the President could take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack" or to "prevent further aggression". |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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| Set of North Vietnamese attacks that ended with an American victory, but brutality of the fighting turned Americans at home against the war. |
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| Attack at a small village where women and children were brutalized and killed by American soldiers. Pictures taken here showed the American public atrocities. |
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| Nixon's plan to gradually bring home American troops, turn the war over to the South Vietnamese forces, and bring "peace with honor" to Vietnam. |
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| A protest over Nixon's bombing of Cambodia on this college campus resulted in 4 dead. |
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| When two sides in a conflict respond to each other with greater and greater force increasing the scale of the conflict. |
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Opponents to the war were called this.
Supporters of the war were called this. |
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| Someone who avoided being drafted by "working" the system, fleeing to Canada, or lying about excluding factors. |
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| President who renewed our relationship with China, eased tensions with the Soviet Union, and was accused of crimes which resulted in his resignation. |
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| A burglary here started a scandal that brought down a Presidency. |
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| The Watergate Hotel (Democratic National Headquarters) |
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| Easing of tensions between countries |
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| President who was never elected as either President or Vice-President. Pardoned Nixon for his involvement in Watergate |
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| President who focused on human rights. Peanut farmer from Georgia. Unable to end the Iran Hostage Crisis. |
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| 60 American Embassy workers taken by followers of Ayatollah Khomeini and held for 444 days. |
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| President known as "the Great Communicator". |
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| Defensive missile system proposed by Reagan which included space-based weapons designed to protect the U.S. in case of attack. |
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| Soviet Premiere from 1985-1991. He ushered in democratic changes like glasnost and perestroika. |
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| President during the fall of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War. Also encouraged UN participation in protecting Kuwait from Iraq. |
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| Conflict that started with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and ended when U.N. troops kicked them out. |
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| President who was impeached by the House for perjury and obstruction of justice, but was not removed from office by the Senate. |
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| In 2000 he lost the popular vote but won the electoral college. |
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| Two targets of the 9/11 attacks. |
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| The World Trade Center (Twin Towers) and the Pentagon |
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| Law passed by Congress after 9/11 that allowed law enforcement broad powers to bring terrorists to justice. |
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| The military action, declared by George W. Bush after 9/11, taken to search out terrorists before they can organize more attacks. |
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