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29 Vietnam War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vietnam War | The Cold War event that caused many American deaths, caused Americans to lose trust in their government and question how far we will go to stop communism |
| 26th Amendment | The change to the Constitution that lowered the voting age from 21 t0 18. |
| television | Technology that brought the Vietnam War into people's homes with the nightly news and had a big influence on public opinion about the war |
| The Vietnam war ended with | North Vietnam invading the South and making the whole country communist Domino theory |
| Domino theory | A fear that if one country fell to communism then the countries near it would become communist too. |
| Ho Chi Minh | The communist leader of North Vietnam |
| France | The country that claimed control of Vietnam after World War II |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | leader that the US supported because he was anti-communist |
| Tonkin Gulf Resolution | increased US involvement in Vietnam after North Vietnamese fired on US ships |
| escalation | increasing the number of troops in Vietnam |
| Search and destroy | finding groups supporting North Vietnam and damaging the area with military attacks |
| Operation Rolling Thunder | massive bombing attack by the US on North Vietnam |
| guerilla warfare | surprise attacks used by the North Vietnamese Army |
| Ho Chi Minh trail | secret series of tunnels used by the North Vietnamese to travel through the jungles |
| My Lai incident | US soldiers killed 500 innocent people in a village by mistake |
| Tet Offensive | surprise attacks all over South Vietnam by the North, which shocked Americans |
| Hawks | supporters of war |
| Doves | opposed to war |
| War Powers Act | Congress limits the President's ability to declare war |