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| Secret invasions the US were organizing on Cuba to make it look like some Cubans were creating rebelious attacks |
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| 13 day standoff between US and the Soviet Union that endded up being the closes we've ever gotten to nuclear war. |
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| The "President for Life" of Cuba |
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| Issues soldiers faced in combat |
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| disease, hard to see, traps, etc |
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| The United States was trying to get the South Vietnamese to make them feel safe and then they would like us and possibly even help us. |
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| US would search villages in Vietnam looking for Vietcong soldiers and then destroy them so the Vietcong can't go back there. |
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| A strategy to contain the spread of Communism without provoking a wider confrontation with the Soviet Union |
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| People who were for the war, Domino theory, appeasement, American credibility |
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| People who weren't for war, not our war, not winnable, we don't want to make China and Russia mad. |
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| Treaty between France and Vietnam |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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| This gave the president unlimited power to do what he needed to do in Vietnam. |
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| The dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam |
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A war between France and Vietnam
*The United States paid 80% of France's expenses* |
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| The Leader of North Vietnam |
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| The supply trail from North to South Vietnam |
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| A war protest in which 4 college students were killed by the National Guard |
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| Some loopholes include being married, not within age range, and college. |
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| A plan where South Vietnam would be able to run itself and have a stable economy, government, and defense. |
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| Nixon would do anything he needed to do to win the war. |
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| Limits the presiden's power to remove troops after he deploys them for 60 days. |
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| A peace agreement to end the Vietnam War. |
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| what the North Vietnam soldiers were called |
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| The theory that if Vietnam becomes communist, all the countries surrounding it will also become communist. |
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| The plan that United States will be getting out of war without abandoning everyone. |
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| Issues soldiers faced at home |
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| The cittizens of the United States gave negative reactions to the soldiers and they were treated poorly when they came home. |
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