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Study Guide-Vietnam War

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Terms & Ideas:

Operation Rolling Thunder


French Colonialism in Southeast Asia
Napalm
Agent Orange
Viet Minh
Vietcong
Domino Theory
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tet Offensive
Kent State Massacre
Fall of Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Counterculture (Hippies)
The New Left
Vietnamization
Richard Nixon
Robert Kennedy Assassination
Communes
Credibility Gap
My Lai Massacre
Search & Destroy missions
Vietnam War Military Draft

Guiding Questions

Why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam?


Why did the U.S. struggle to defeat North Vietnam despite having military superiority?
What kind of tactics were used in the Vietnam War by both sides?
How did the war become so unpopular at home?

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