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Agenda: Ch. 22-5 End of Vietnam handout w/ a partner
Review for tomorrow’s JFK, LBJ, &Vietnam
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Peace & Honor Forced to Fight Back in Nam 68 The Politics of Nam $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500
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When U.S. male citizens turn 18 they must register for this which could result in forced conscription at a time of war.
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The Draft
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Running to Canada, getting notes from doctors and going to college were strategies for these people.
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Draft Dodgers
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This group of people who wore bell bottoms and tie dye represented the new left were perhaps the biggest opponents of the draft
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The Hippies
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Neil Young wrote OHIO about the anti-draft demonstrations that turned deadly at this University in Ohio.
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Kent State University
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CCR wrote this song to angrily protest the draft process.
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Fortunate Son
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Having live broadcasts from the battle front through television revolutionized the Vietnam War giving it this nickname.
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The Living Room War/TV War
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This North Vietnamese offensive is seen as the turning point of the war in Vietnam even though the U.S. was the strategic winner.
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The Tet Offensive
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This tragedy was where U. S. killed Vietnamese civilians in a small S
This tragedy was where U.S. killed Vietnamese civilians in a small S. Vietnamese village.
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My Lai Massacre
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Protests from anti-war demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic National Convention led to violence in this mid-western city
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Chicago
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After several setbacks from the Vietnam War this President decided not to run for re-election in 1968.
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President Johnson (LBJ)
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This theory goes hand in had with containment & the spreading of to other countries besides Vietnam
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The Domino Theory
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This resolution marked the beginning of the U. S
This resolution marked the beginning of the U.S.’s official involvement in Vietnam.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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The U.S. supported this corrupt South Vietnamese leader because he vowed to stop communism at all costs.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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To limit the President’s authority to wage war, congress passed this law that is still in existence today.
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The War Powers Act
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This European nation was the imperial force that claimed Vietnam as a colony prior to the nation’s independence.
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France
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This chemical was used widely by U. S
This chemical was used widely by U.S. forces in order to destroy jungle foliage in Vietnam. Unfortunately it has created birth defects that still remain with some today.
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Agent Orange
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These missions consisted of U. S
These missions consisted of U.S. troops entering villages to destroy any hidden Vietcong forces.
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Search and Destroy Missions
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During the Vietnam War this jelly gasoline material was used in explosive bombs that set fire to the jungle
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Napalm
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Nicknamed Charlie this fighting group was communist but fought throughout all of South Vietnam.
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The Vietcong
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President Nixon used this term when talking about bringing about peace with honor in Vietnam by training the South Vietnamese to take over the war.
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Vietnamization
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This President is given credit for getting the U. S
This President is given credit for getting the U.S. out of the Vietnam War.
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President Nixon
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President Nixon upset the nation by attacking this path while withdrawing troops from Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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President Nixon tried to achieve “peace with honor” by turning over control to the Vietnamese, he referred to this process as this.
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Vietnamization
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Final Jeopardy!!
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American Tragedy
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This man was convicted for the war crimes
Final Jeopardy This man was convicted for the war crimes Committed during the My Lai Massacre.
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Lt. William Calley
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