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| leader of National movement in Vietnam; advocate of Communism |
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| Leader of South Vietnam - anticommunist |
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| American commander in South Vietnam |
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| South Vietnam president wanted Vietnam troops out of South |
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| North Vietnam's negotiator |
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| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
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| pastor & civil rights activist assassinated in 1968 |
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| republican president defeated Humphrey |
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| Alabama governor pro-segregation |
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| Nixon's secretary of state to improve diplomacy |
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| Secretary of defense to president Johnson |
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| was involved in the My Lai massacre; life in prison |
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| France ruled Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia |
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| belief that if Vietnam fell to Communism so would other countries |
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| Japan seized power in Vietnam during WWII |
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| French indochina ruled by France |
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| irregular troops blend in with civilians |
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| 1954 French occupied town to interfere w/ the Vietminh's supply lines and force them to fight |
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| Ho Chi Minh national group united communists and noncommunists against Japanese forces |
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| north Vietnam's guerilla army |
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| Americans double government reports on war, tv showed different views |
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| policy of improving relations w/ Soviet Union & China in hopes of persuading them to cut back their aid to Vietnam |
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| on Jan 30, 1968 - Vietcong & N.Vietnam guerillas attacked all American airbases in S.Vietnam |
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| N.Vietnam sent arms & supplies in jungle paths |
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| 1971- leaked documents where many govt. officials questioned war |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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| Aug.7, 1964- authorized the president to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the U.S. & prevent future aggression |
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| chemical that strips leaves from trees and shrubs |
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| jellied gasoline that explodes on contact |
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| during Nixon- air raid bombings on N.Vietnam- 12 days |
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| Act required the president it inform congress of any commitment of troops within |
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| capital of South vietnam captured by N.Vietnam |
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| spring 1968- an American platoon under Calley massacred 200 S.Vietman civilians |
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| gradual withdrawal of US troops in Vietnam in 1969 |
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| Pivotal year: 2 assassinations, US airbases attacked by N.Vietnam; violent political convention |
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| on May 4th, Ohio National Guard fired on student protestors |
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| special fortified villages created in S. Vietnam |
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| Operation Rolling Thunder |
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| March 1965- Johnson expanded US involvement bombing campaign in North Vietnam |
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| March 1965- University of Michigan faculty & students left classes to talk about war issues and reaffirmed reasons to oppose it. |
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