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| A dfrat is when young men are forced to join the military. |
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| What government agency keeps track of how many young men could be drafted? |
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| The Selective Service keeps track of these young men. |
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| How did Americans begin to feel about the Vietnam war? |
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| They began to say that it was a mistake. |
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| Who became president after Lynden Johnson? |
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| Who were the "boat people"? |
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| They were Vietnamese who tried to leave by sailing to other countries. |
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| They were Prisoners of War. |
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| It mean Missing in Action. |
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| How many Americans fought in the Vietnam War? |
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| Almost three million Americans fought in the war. |
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| What did Nixon do when he took office? |
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| He began to pull American soldiers out of Vietnam |
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| Where is the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial? |
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| How long did the Six-day war last and in what year was it? |
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| It lasted for six days in 1967. |
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| What four countries fought in the Six-day War? |
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| Israel, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan. |
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| What did Israel take away from the defeated countries at the end of the war? |
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| When did the third war between Israel and her neighbors begin? |
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| It began in Yom Kippur, the day of Atonement, 1973. |
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| What country helped Israel? |
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| The United States helped Israel. |
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| What was the refusal by OPEC to sell oil to America called? |
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| It was called an oil embargo. |
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| Once the government announced that gas would be rationed, what method did it use for people to get gas fairly? |
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| If the LAST number of your license plate was an odd number, you could ONLY buy gas on odd numbered days. If the LAST number was even, then you could ONLY buy gas on EVEN number days. |
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| What was the second way the government tried to deal with the oil shortage? |
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They made the highest speed limit for every state to be 55 miles per hour.
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| Five years later, who was the president of the United States? |
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| The president was Jimmy Carter. |
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| Why did OPEC refuse to sell oil to America? |
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| America had helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War. |
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