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a tour of duty for a vietnam soldier lasted this long

1 year

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this vietnam war is an example of this cold war era policy

containment

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During what major world event did the U.S. first become involved in Vietnam?

WWII

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This presidential policy said that the U.S. would continue to provide money and weapons to the S. Vietnamese, but no U.S. soldiers

Nixon Doctrine

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When these were released, the U.S. public learned of the many lies they had been told during Vietnam

Pentagon papers

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American troops massacred hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in this “Pinkville” town

My Lai

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The battle at this town signaled the end of large scale French involvement in Vietnam

Dien Bien Phu

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The incident in this watery location allowed LBJ to justify the escalation of the war

Gulf of Tonkin

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These are the three parts of the Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The Woman’s Memorial, The Three Soldiers, and The Wall

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This city, the capitol of South Vietnam, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City following the war

Saigon

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He declared Vietnam independent in 1945.

Ho Chi Minh

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The U.S. installed this guy as leader of South Vietnam. Then we let him get shot.

Ngo Dinh Diem

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The burden of fighting the Vietnam War fell mostly to people from this economic class

Low/Working class

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After JFK was shot, he was the first president to send large numbers of troops to Vietnam

Lyndon B Johnson

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This Buddhist monk is the most famous of all those who burned themselves

Thich Quang Duc

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In South Vietnam, these were the people fighting the U.S. and ARVN forces

Viet Cong

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This explosive weapon was used to burn large stretches of the jungle in Vietnam

Napalm

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The primary defoliant used by U.S. forces in Vietnam

Agent Orange

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This combined Viet Cong and NVA attack began on Vietnamese New Year.

Tet Offensive

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This bombing campaign was designed to destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It failed

Operation Rolling Thunder

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Approximately this many U.S. soldiers died during the Vietnam War

58,000

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Protests at this university turned violent in 1970

Kent State

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Three ways men avoided the draft

medical excuses, college, only son… etc..

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Buddhist monks used self-immolation to protest restrictions placed on them by this man

Ngo Dinh Diem

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These accords temporarily divided Vietnam and provided for elections in two years

Geneva Accords

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The Watergate break ins were carried out by this organization

CREEP

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He was president during the Iran-Contra Affair

Reagan

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Reaganomics is based on the tax theories created by this man in the early 1900s

Andrew Mellon

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He was the leader of the Moral Majority

Jerry Falwell

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This was the first attempt to normalize relations between the U.S. and China

Ping-Ping Diplomacy

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Prior to 9/11, this was the most deadly act of terrorism on U.S. soil

Oklahoma City Bombing

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The Stonewall Riots kicked off this movement

Gay

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This man led the United Farm Workers in their struggle for better work conditions

Cesar Chavez

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Though proposed in 1923, this still has not been passed.

The ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)

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This group of Americans fighting for their rights had no problem using violence.

Native Americans

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He was the first open homosexual to be elected to office in a major U.S. city

Harvey Milk

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MLK believed the proper response to violence was this

Nothing

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Malcolm X believed this was the proper response to violence

Violence

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He was assassinated, probably by members of the Nation of Islam

Malcolm X

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His dreams inspired him to lead the March on Washington

MLK

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When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, MLK Jr. and others began this

Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Following this crisis, many public schools were closed to prevent integration

What is “The Little Rock Crisis”?

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This was inspired by the arrest and beating of a black man for a minor traffic violation

Watts Riot

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The sit-ins in Greensboro were designed to stop this

Lunch counter discrimination

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This socialist organization formed to defend the black community from police violence

Black Panthers

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Police dogs and fire hoses were turned on protestors, mostly children, in this city

Birmingham, AL

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Case established “Seperate But Equal”

Plessy v. Ferguson

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This case, brought by the NAACP, ended segregation in schools

Brown V. Board of Education

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ways Southern states limited blacks’ right to vote

Black Codes, Literacy Tests, Poll Taxes, Intimidation, etc?

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This Amendment gave citizenship to blacks and provided equal protection

14th

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This Amendment was supposed to guarantee the right to vote to all men

15th

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The Freedom Rides were supposed to test this

Bus desegregation in the south

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Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 after this march

March on Selma

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A march in this city turned into “Bloody Sunday”

Selma, AL

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This man sent the National Guard to protect the Freedom Riders

Robert Kennedy

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This report said that America was moving to two societies, “separate and unequal”

Kerner Report

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Winston Churchill famously said this thing had fallen across the European continent

Iron Curtain

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The goal of this U.S. policy was to stop the spread of Communism

Containment

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This plan was supposed to help stop the spread of communism by rebuilding European nations.

Marshall Plan

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The post WWII division of this nation and this capitol city caused some problems later on down the road…

Germany and Berlin

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Stalin claimed he was expanding his power in Europe because he needed one of these to protect himself from Western powers

Buffer zone

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Eisenhower sent the CIA in to this country to protect oil investments

Iran

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He was president when the Korean War ended.

Eisenhower

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After WWII, Korea was divided into two countries… this is the one that had the pro-U.S. democratic government

South Korea

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This botched invasion of Cuba resulted in embarrassment for the Americans due in part to poor support and funding

Bay of Pigs

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In 1953 the Korean War ended and this was the result

Nothing changed

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This nation was the primary nemesis for the United States during the Cold War

Soviet Union (USSR)

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Germany was divided into this many sectors at the end of WWII

4

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When Stalin cut off access to West Berlin, rather than using military forces, this was used to keep Berliners alive

Berlin Airlift

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These countries controlled sectors of both Berlin and Germany

France, Great Britain, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?

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The U.S. sending money to nationalists in Greece and Turkey is known as this

Truman Doctrine

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The only nuclear weapons ever used militarily hit these two Japanese cities

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Soviet nuclear missiles in this country tested Kennedy and Khrushchev's patience over a 13 day period in October of 1962

Cuba

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When the nuke hits you should do this…I guess…

Duck and cover

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The policy that said the U.S. would respond to any Soviet expansion with a devastating nuclear attack is known as

Massive Retaliation

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In this year, the U.S. lost its sense of security because the U.S.S.R. tested its first nuclear bomb

1949

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I was the leader of the U.S.S.R. when the Cold War began

Stalin

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After the revolution I became buddies with Khrushchev

Fidel Castro

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They really liked me because I tried to ease Cold War tensions!

Eisenhower

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Commies are bad and I think you might just be one!

Joe McCarthy

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I got fired!

Douglas MacArthur

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The ideal 50s woman did these three things…

Cook, clean, raise a family, exercise daily

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This organization developed out of the Atlantic Charter; its goal is to ensure world peace and self determination of government

the UN

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This organization was formed to counter Soviet aggression in Western Europe but is mostly supported by the U.S.

NATO

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This man won the election of 1960 because, more than anything else, he was pretty

JFK

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The basic role of the HUAC was to do this

Find disloyal people (communists) in the US

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He was the president for the majority of the war

FDR

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He was the U.S. president at the end of WWII

Truman

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This future president planned the D-Day Invasion

Eisenhower

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He was in command of all Allied forces in the Pacific

Douglas MacArthur

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This is the reason the Japanese refused unconditional surrender after the atomic bombings

Emperor of God

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When the Axis powers conquered this country nearly all of Europe was under their control…and let’s not even talk about the problems it caused in Vietnam

France

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This was the battle which ended the last major offensive effort made by Germany during the war

Battle of the Bulge

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This is the code name for the Allied plan to liberate France

Operation Overlord

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This is the name given to the day which marked the end of the war in Europe

VE-Day

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The war in Europe ended when this city fell to this country

When Berlin fell to the USSR

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The date (day and year) of the attack on Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941

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The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor for many reasons, one of which was FDR’s decision to cut off trade of this important natural resource

Oil

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This president was the first to formally apologize and attempt to compensate Japanese-Americans for internment

Ronald Reagan