Vietnam War DBQ The United States attempted to help Ngo Dinh Diem build a new nation in South Vietnam once France withdrew from Vietnam in 1954 by sending military “advisers.” As the United States was helping the south‚ Ho Chi Minh still had the Vietcong in the south that were getting stronger and more militant. In 1959‚ the Vietcong guerillas raided throughout the south and controlled most of the area outside of Saigon. When John F. Kennedy took office‚ the Diem regime was crumbling‚ so JFK
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Kennedy made a failed CIA invasion of Cuba 2. Khrushchev tried to seize an opportunity to demand Kennedy to remove US troops from Berlin but Kennedy refused3. Cuban Missile Crisis: US found out that the soviets were setting up underground sites for offensive missiles. US announced a naval blockade of Cuba until missiles were removed. Almost broke out in nuclear war.D. Assassination in Dallas: President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22‚ 1963 in Dallas‚ Texas. Many conspiracy theories followed.
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The History of The 101st Airborne The one hundred and first airborne won their fame and reputation during the Second World War‚ the one hundred and first Airborne Division (Air Assault) can trace its lineage back to World War I. In the build up for the Great War‚ the 101st Division was originally activated on July 23‚ 1918. The Division was demobilized in December of 1918. In 1921 the 101st Infantry Division was reconstituted as a reserve unit with headquarters in Wisconsin. This is where the
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Unit 13 Notes Chapter 38: The Eisenhower Era Korean Armistice 1952; Eisenhower visited Korea shortly after winning the presidency; waited 7 months before resorting to nuclear warfare; Koreas compromised until 38th parallel Army-McCarthy Hearings 1954; McCarthy attacked the Army as Communist; Army attacked him on television for 35 days; McCarthy’s downfall Jim Crow Segregated blacks from whites Emmett Till 14 year old black who vacationed in Mississippi‚ allegedly whistled at a white
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History Homework - Vietnam Why did the USA fail in Vietnam? America failed in the Vietnam War for various reasons; the people of Vietnam liked the communists of North Vietnam. The Americans bombed and killed the Vietnamese. The people of Vietnam hated the Americans in the end. The Americans tried to bomb the Vietnamese into submission and failed. Also when they were in open warfare America was successful‚ but when it turned into a guerrilla war America failed‚ that’s why America used napalm‚
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began bombing North Vietnam in earnest •Anti-war marches and other protests‚ such as the ones organized by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)‚ attracted a widening base of support over the next three years‚ peaking in early 1968 after the successful Tet Offensive by North Vietnamese troops proved that war’s end was nowhere in sight. •On October 21‚ 1967‚ one of the most prominent anti-war demonstrations took place‚ as some 100‚000 protesters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial; around 30‚000
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President Johnson is ranked 4th because he implemented great domestic policies such as health care programs but he created a credibility gap. One of the foreign Policy was the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was a conflict between North and South Vietnam in which the North was led by a Communist and nationalist regime that fought against the Japanese in World War II and against French colonial rule in the 1940s. In 1954‚ the north won control of North Vietnam when the French agreed to a partition in
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Final Test Review 2013 Fall 1. All of the following factors promoted the growth of suburbs a. Low cost government loans. b. Expanded road and highway construction. c. Increased automobile production. d. The baby boom. 2. The mood of the “Beat Generation’ is best reflected in which Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. 3. The decade of the 1950’s was characterized by women doing what? 4. All of the following were reasons why a consumer culture appeared in the 1950’s a. The creation of credit cards
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unwinnable and a stalemate. Johnson was quoted saying “If I’ve lost Cronkite‚ I’ve lost Middle America.” (Wicker). Although upon further investigation‚ Cronkite’s report was actually considered to be extremely misrepresentative of the reality of the Tet Offensive‚ it did not matter to the public. Cronkite at that time was more a trusted source than the President himself. Another famous journalist David Halberstam referred to the report as “the first time in American history a war had been declared over
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the Cold War Clockwise‚ from top left: US combat operations in Ia Drang‚ ARVN Rangers defending Saigon during the 1968 Tet Offensive‚ two Douglas A-4C Skyhawks enroute for airstrikes against North Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin incident‚ ARVN recapture Quảng Trị during the 1972 Easter Offensive‚ civilians fleeing the 1972 Battle of Quảng Trị‚ burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Huế Massacre. Date 1 November 1955[A 1] – 30 April 1975 (19 years‚ 5 months‚ 4 weeks and 1 day) Location South Vietnam
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