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The Domino Effect said that if
The turning point of the war was the
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The turning point of the war was the
Nixon's election
My Lai Massacre
Kent State
Tet Offensive
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The Domino Effect said that if
one country fell to communism; all would
the US was communist, Khrushchev would be president
the US was obligated to help all democracies
the Cuban Missile Crisis almost started WWIII
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A defoilant, _______, and an incendiary, ____________, were weapons used by the US in the war.
mines
mustard gas, cyclon-B
Agent Orange; Napalm
barbed wire, mustard gas
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What incident led to the resolution to get troops and support to Vietnam?
election of Nixon
Tet Offensive
Ho chi minh trail
Gulf of Tonkin
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The leader of North Vietnam was ____; the leader of South Vietnam was ____.
the French; the Chinese
The Chinese; the French
Ho Chi Minh; Diem
Diem: Ho Chi Minh
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What policy caused the US to go fight in Vietnam to stop communism from spreading?
appeasement
isolation
domino
containment
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What was disingenuous (false) about Kennedy sending "advisors" to Vietnam?
they were Green Berets
Diem was a Catholic
Kennedy's father was a bootlegger
Ho Chi Minh was a patriot
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Why were so many African-Americas drafted unfairly?
none of these
they couldn't afford to go to college
Criminals were drafted
because of discrimination
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Fighting in Vietnam was difficult for US troops because the Viet Cong
the government was bad at running the war
had tunnel systems
used guerilla warfare
all of these
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Which of the following is true of Kent State?
Nixon ordered the death of the students
student protest over expansion of the war to Cambodia
4 students were killed
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The My Lai massacre resulted in
the expansion of the war into Cambodia
The end of the Vietnam War
the deaths of 300-500 innocent Vietnamese
the deaths of 500 US Marines
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When the TV shows Americans images of the war that go against what the govt says?
Domino Theory
Great Society
Credibility Gap
New Fronties
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The Vietnam War escalated (got bigger) during Johnson's administration with the passage of the
The death of the Great Society
after Diembien Phu
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tet Offensive
