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					  Who is Ho Chi Minh					 
					
					 Creator of the Indochinese Communist Party, he based the Vietnamese Declaration Independence on the American Declaration of Independence. 
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					  What is France					 
					
					 The country America supported in 1950 when it tried to reestablish its rule in Vietnam after WWII 
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					  What is the Great Society					 
					
					 This suffered due to the cost of the war, inflation, and tax increases 
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					  What is the Tet offensive					 
					
					 An overwhelming Vietcong  month-long attack on over 100 towns and cities in South Vietnam ,12 U.S. air bases, and the U.S. Embassy. 
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					  What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)					 
					
					 About 15 percent of the 3.3 million soldiers developed this condition due to their involvement in the Vietnam War. 
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					  Who is General William Westmoreland					 
					
					 A West Point graduate  who commanded troops in South Vietnam. 
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					  Who is John F. Kennedy					 
					
					 In 1961, he increased financial aid to Ngo Dinh Diem and sent thousands of military advisers to help train South Vietnamese troops; all to avoid looking "soft" of communism 
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					  What is a credibility gap					 
					
					 The outcome between what the Johnson administration reported and what was really happening 
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					  Who is Robert Kennedy					 
					
					 After winning the California primary, he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan 
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					  What is the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial					 
					
					 This monument was revealed in 1982 in Washington D.C. to honor those who fought in the Vietnam War 
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					  Who is Lyndon Baines Johnson					 
					
					 Contrary to his campaign position, he dispatched tens of thousands U.S. soldiers to fight in Vietnam 
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					  What is the USS Maddox					 
					
					 The alleged attack on this American Destroyer prompted President Johnson to launch bombing strikes on North Vietnam 
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					  What is the draft					 
					
					 Resistance to this forced service enlistment continued from 1967 until President Nixon phased it out. 
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					  What is the My Lai Massacre					 
					
					 Searching for Vietcong rebels, troops were ordered to attack a small village 
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					  What are "reeducation" or labor camps					 
					
					 In Vietnam, the North Vietnamese forced the South Vietnamese into these camps. 
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					  Who is Robert McNamara					 
					
					 Once the Secretary of Defense, he left the Johnson Administration to become the head of the World Bank 
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					  What are napalm and Agent Orange					 
					
					 Two weapons used by the United States to expose Vietcong tunnels and hideouts. 
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					  What are the doves and the hawks					 
					
					 The two camps Americans divided themselves into; one that opposed the war and one that supported the war 
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					  What is the Invasion of Cambodia					 
					
					 Despite not having Congress' approval, Richard Nixon approved this military offensive 
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					  What is the War Powers Act					 
					
					 In November 1973, Congress passed this law which states that a president must inform Congress within 48 hours of sending forces into a hostile area and cannot keep troops there longer than 90 days without approval. 
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					  Who is Henry Kissinger					 
					
					 He helped negotiate America's withdrawal from Vietnam and later helped forge new relations with China and the Soviet Union. 
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					  What is to stop the spread of Communism					 
					
					 The main reason America became involved in the Vietnam Conflict 
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					  What is the Pentagon Papers					 
					
					 This document confirmed that the U.S. government had not been honest about its war intentions 
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					  What is the Fall of Saigon					 
					
					 In March of 1975, North Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion which resulted in this. 
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					  Who is Gerald Ford.					 
					
					 This president refused to re-send American troops to Vietnam despite appeals from the South Vietnamese leader. 
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