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Eisenhower planned with the CIA to invade a country close to its border and overthrow this individual.
Who is Fidel Castro?
Why were the Vietcong so hard to identify?
They blended in with the civilians.
American soldiers fought in the Vietnam War for this main reason.
What is to fight communism?
Who took responsibility for the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Who is Kennedy?
The Bay of Pigs invasion was unsuccessful because of this.
What is poorly trained and equipped solders?
Third World countries did not align with these two regions.
Who is the U.S. or USSR?
These 2 groups of people were the majority of draftees.
Who were the working class and immigrants?
This was the policy that prepared the US to fight any type of conflict.
What was flexible response policy?
Why was the War Powers Act of 1973 needed?
To prevent the president making decisions on war without consulting Congress.
Who was elected president towards the middle of US involvement in the war?
Richard Nixon
This was revealed following the My Lai Massacre.
What is the Pentagon Papers?
This event made the US public question their support for the Vietnam War.
What is the Tet Offensive?
After this, people in the US thought perhaps the Vietnam War was unwinnable.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This was a siege of French soldiers at a military base and brought the end of French colonial rule of Vietnam.
What is Dien Bien Phu?
This was caused by fake optimistic statements given by the government and caused distrust of citizens of the gov't.
This caused a withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam.
What is the Paris Peace Accords?
What was the policy where President Nixon refused to accept North Vietnam's peace terms and transferred power to S. Vietnam?
What is Vietnamization?
The US believed this event would force the N. Vietnamese to a surrender.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
The draft system used to be handpicked but then changed to this system after people thought it was unfair.
What is the lottery system?
North Vietnam refused to sign this until the US left South Vietnam (ultimately leading to the fall to communism again).
What is the Paris Peace Accords?