Vietnam War
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- Kent State University
- Where The Kent State Shootings Took Place Which Killed Four Students And Injured Nine Others
- Agent Orange
- The Most Widely Used Defoliant That Was Used In Air Strikes In The Vietnam War That Was Harmful To Humans And Plants
- Ho Chi Minh Trail
- Network Of Jungle Paths From North Vietnam Through Laos And Cambodia And Into South Vietnam; Served As The Major Supply Route For The Vietcong
- War Powers Act
- Legislation That Reaffirmed Congress's Constitutional Power To Declare War
- Guerilla War
- People Who Act Like They Aren't In A War But They Are
- Domino Theory
- The Theory That Stated That If Vietnam Fell To Communism The Rest Of Southeast Asia Would Soon Follow
- Credibility Gap
- After The Media Found Out About The Tet Offensive Doubts In The War Occured
- Hawks And Doves
- Hawks Were Americans Who Supported The War, And Doves Were Americans Who Were Against The War
- Pentagon Papers
- Secret Goverment Documents Published In 1971; Revealed That The Goverment Had Misled Americans About The Vietnam War
- Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
- Gave The President Authority To Take "All Nescessary Measures To Repel Any Armed Attack Against Forces Of The United States"
- General William Westmoreland
- The Commander of U.S. Forces In Vietnam
- Vietcong
- Communist Guerilla Force That Began Fighting Against Ngo Dinh Diem's Goverment In South Vietnam In The 1950's
- Henry Kissinger
- Nixon's Key Foriegn Policy Adviosr
- Dien Bien Phu
- A Battle That Gave The Viet Minh Control Of The Northern Position Of Vietnam
- Tet Offensive
- Attack By North Vietnamese and Vietcong Troops Against South Vietnam During The Vietnam War