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vietnam war
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| if one nation becomes Communist, nearby countries will also fall to communism | domino theory |
| the Vietcong was a group of North Vietnamese that fought in South Vietnam against | US |
| What did Kennedy intend to do establishing the Peace Corps | help developing countries by digging wells and schools |
| This was built to separate East and West Berlin in Germany & stood for nearly 3 decades | Berlin Wall |
| what countries were in a space race | US and SU |
| who was the first person to travel in space | Russian Yuri Gagarin |
| who was the first person to walk on the moon | Neil Armstrong |
| who was leading the North Vietnamese that promoted Communism that later had a city named after him in South Vietnamese | Ho chi Minh |
| after gun fire was exchanged in Gulf of Tokin, he gave the president authority to take all necessary measures to repel any army attack against the forces of the US leading Johnson to expand US role in Vietnamese to stop communism to spread | Tokin Gulf Resolution |
| surprise attack over South Vietnamese launched by North Vietnamese when there was supposed to be a cease-fire due to Vietnamese New Years | Tet Offensive |