Vietnam
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| Containment | US reason for going to Vietnam was part of this policy
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| Cold War | US involvement in Vietnam was part of this 'war'
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| Ho Chi Minh | Leader of North Vietnam and name of the trail used by Vietcong
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Gave LBJ full power to wage war in Vietnam (passed in 1963)
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| Agent Orange | chemical used to destroy greenery and vegetation of the jungle
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| Napalm | fire bomb
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| Vietcong | S. Vietnamese communists (VC) who fought the Americans
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| Living room war | Vietnam War could be watched on TV by Americans sitting at home
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| Credibility Gap | Difference between what the military was saying about the war and what the media was reporting
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| Hawks | pro-war supporters
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| Doves | anti-war protesters (like college students)
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| Nineteen | average age of the US soldier
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| Draft | Being made to go to war, the US depended more and more on soldiers who served due to this
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| Tet Offensive | Turning point of the war when the enemy struck S. Vietnam on a holiday
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| Vietnamization | Nixon's plan to turn over the war to the South Vietnamese
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| Pentagon Papers | documents that showed the US military had been misleading the American people about the war
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| 26 | Amendment that lowered the voting age
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| War Powers Act | This law limited the president's power to wage war. Congress has to approve of troops staying in battle longer than 60 days
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| PTSD | post-traumatic stress disorder, what veterans dealt with after returning from war
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| 58,000 | # of Americans who died in the war
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| Kent State | College campus where 4 people were killed by national guardsmen
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| Great Society | LBJ's program to help poor Americans but the cost of the Vietnam War took money away from this program
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