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This was the president of America who oversaw the war from 1963-1968

Lyndon B. Johnson

400
Herbicide used to destroy plant life, later caused massive diseases and birth defects

Agent Orange

400

This was the location of the chaotic 1968 Democratic National Convention

Chicago, IL

400

People who protested the war were known as...

Hippies

400

Name of the vital path that allowed for the North to bring supplies into the South

Ho Chi Minh Trail
800

Communist leader of North Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh

800

Age that men could be drafted at during the Vietnam War

18

800

Resolution named after the location of the attack on the USS Maddox that gave Johnson full control over the war

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

800

Name of the birds that defined pro-war and anti-war individuals

Hawks and Doves

800

Failed attempted invasion of Cuba

Bay of Pigs

1200

Leader of the Democrat race in 1968, soon assassinated

Robert F. Kennedy

1200

Type of warfare the North used to fight against America

Guerrilla Warfare

1200

Name of the scandal that forced Nixon to resign from office

Watergate

1200

University campus where 3 students were shot after demonstrating against the war

Kent State University

1200

Amendment that lowered the voting age to 18

26th Amendment

1600
President of America after the 1968 Election
Richard M. Nixon
1600

Sticky jelly-like substance that could burn for days-months

Napalm

1600

Name of the major attack by the North during the Lunar New Year

Tet Offensive

1600
Location of the big concert that demonstrators went to (in upstate New York)

Woodstock

1600

Name of the structure that divided East and West Berlin

Berlin Wall

2000

First leader of South Vietnam, was later assassinated for his corruption and discrimination

Ngo Dinh Diem

2000

Name of Nixon's strategy in Vietnam that reduced troop numbers and bombed locations like Cambodia

Vietnamization

2000

Name of the event that almost brought nuclear destruction across the world

Cuban Missile Crisis

2000

Mega band that got huge during the Vietnam War era

The Beatles

2000

Name of the author of the Pentagon Papers

Daniel Ellsburg

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