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US Wars
Question | Answer |
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Who ordered the invasion of cambodia | nixon |
who led the malai massacre | Ltd. Cally |
what event was when 100 vietnamese women/children were gunned down | malai massacre |
who wins the election in 1968 | nixon |
who did nixon need support from to win the war | silent majority |
what did nixon do after vietnamization | ordered bombing of laos and cambodia |
where did israel drive during their pre-emptive strike | sinai peninsula/lebanon/west bank/gazza strip |
who fought with the US in Afghanistan against the soviets | Osama Bin Laden |
who shot bobby kennedy | sirham sirham |
why was bobby kennedy shot | he supported israel in the 6 day war |
what was the turning point in the war | tet offensive |
what were US soldiers who came home from war called | baby killers |
what did soldiers come home with (nightmares) | PTSD |
what are the two deadliest months in a war | first and last |
what were the two north vietnamese militarys | NVA and Viet Cong |
what was the south vietnamese military | ARVN |
what kind of bombs do the US have problems with in Aghanistan | IED |
what group made up the Afghanistan government | Taliban |
what group was led by Bin Laden | Al Queda |
what are the two steps of war | 1. win war 2. nation building |
who was president during the second war in the persian gulf | George W Bush |
who was president during the first war in the persian gulf | George H W Buh |
what kind of war did vietnam use | guerilla war |
what did US use as a liquid fire bomb on vietnam | napalm |
what chemical killed all the foliage in vietnam | agent orange |
how were the US soldiers restricted | they couldnt go after the Ho Chi Minh trail |
when is the pull out scheduled in afghanistan | 2014 |
what was the US's plan to bomb Vietnam | Opperation Rolling Thunder |
what wrote the president a blank check | tonkin gulf resolution |
where did the french surrender | dien bien phu |
what college had so many prtests that the national guard came in and fired into the crowd | kent state |
what college were two blacks killed in a protesg | jackson state |
what was proof that the government lied to the american people | pentagon papers |
when did the US pull out of vietnam | 1973 |
when does vietnam fall to communism | 1975 |
what act gave congress back their power to declare war | war powers act |
what is an easing of tensions | detente |
what was nixons weakness | watergate scandal |
what was nixons strength | foreign affairs |
what is it called when the White House has the right to keep secrets | executive priveledge |
who took bribes as the governer of maryland | spiro agnew |