Vietnam war: people, places, events,...
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| Peace Corps | beginning in 1961, this group sent volunteers to developing countries to help with projects such as digging wells and building schoos
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| Fidel Castro | Cuban rebel who in 1959 overthrew an unpopular dictator and established a Communist government allied to the Soviet Union.
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| Berlin Wall | barrier of concrete and barbed wire between East and West Berlin
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| Cuban Missile Crisis | the U.S. Navy formed a blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from brining in more weapons.
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| Neil Armstrong | one of the first people on the moon
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| Buzz Aldrin | one of the first people on the moon
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| Ho Chi Minh | a Vietnamese nationalist who believed that only a Communist revolution could free the Vietnamese people
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| domino theory | American leaders feared that if one country became Communist, nearby countries would also fall to communism
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| Vietcong | communist North Vietnamese Communist guerrilla forces
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| Tonkin Gulf Resolution | passed by congress, giving the president the authority "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States"
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| Ho Chi Minh Trail | a supply route used by the North Vietnamese. The trail was a network of paths and tunnels that led from North Vietnam, through Laos and Cambodia, and into South Vietnam
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| escalation | President Johnsons policy of increased involvement in the Vietnam War
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| search and destroy missions | commanded by General William Westmoreland, U.S. ground forces strategy where U.S. patrols searched fro hidden enemy camps, then destroyed them with massive firepower and air raids.
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| doves | opponents of the Vietnam War
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| hawks | supporters of the Vietnam War
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| Tet Offensive | surprise attacks all over South Vietnam, including an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam's capital
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