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Name the state the USA rivalled with during the Cold War.
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USSR
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What was it called when one of the superpowers got involved in other conflicts to affect the balance of power?
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Proxy War
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Name the proxy war from 1950-53.
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Korean
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Name the proxy war from 1955-75.
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Vietnam War
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What was it called where both sides spent billions on militarising?
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Arms Race
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What was a big propaganda race to show which side had the best scientists and technology?
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Space Race
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What were used to assassinate opponents and father information about the enemy?
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Spies
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When was the Russian Revolution where the USSR became communist?
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1917
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When did the Nazis and Stalin sign a pact?
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1939
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When did the Nazis invade the Soviet Union?
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1941
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When did Truman become President of the USA?
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1945
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Who was the leader of Russia?
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Joseph Stalin
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Who did the US drop atomic bombs on (without telling the USSR)?
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Japan
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When did the USSR develop their own atomic bombs?
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1949
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What was Winston Churchill's famous anti-communist speech called?
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Iron Curtain Speech
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What was Truman's containment policy known as?
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Truman Doctrine
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Which US programme sent hundreds of millions of dollars to Western European countries (because poorer countries were more likely to support communism)?
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Marshall Plan
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When did China fall to communism?
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1949
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Who was its leader?
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Chairman Mao
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What was it called during the 50s when US fear of communism intensified?
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Red Scare
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Who fuelled this by leading a hunt for suspected communists in Senate?
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Senator Joseph McCarthy
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Along what parallel was Korea split post WWII?
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38th
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Who ruled the communist North Korea?
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Kim Il Sung
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Who ruled the capitalist South Korea?
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Syngman Rhee
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What did both sides what to do?
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Unite
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What was this known as?
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Nationalism
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When did Northern troops first attack the South?
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1950
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Where did the North Koreans push the South Koreans back to?
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Pusan
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Who did the USA convince to support military action against communist forces in SK?
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United Nations
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What was the name of the council in charge of this decision making?
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UN Security Council
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Who wasn't allowed to join the council, causing Stalin to walk out?
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Mao
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What did this mean Stalin couldn't do to the plan to send troops to SK?
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Veto
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How many times did Seoul change hands between 1950 and 51?
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4
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Who led the UN invasion?
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General MacArthur
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Where did they land?
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Inchon Bay
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Which river did the UN forces reach, causing China to intervene?
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Yalu
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By when had the stalemate begun?
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March 1951
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What chemical weapon did the US use against NK?
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Napalm
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How many planes did the UN lose?
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3500
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How many planes did the USSR (painted as Chinese planes) lose?
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3000
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When did peace talks begin?
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July 1951
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When was a peace agreement reached?
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July 1953
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Who replaced Truman in 1953? (The year Stalin died.)
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Eisenhower
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What was created between NK and SK to prevent a future war along the 38th parallel?
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Demilitarised zone
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How many deaths did the Korean war cause?
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1.2 million
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How many US?
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36000
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How many Korean?
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900000
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What was the region of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia known as?
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French Indo China
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Who successfully occupied Vietnam during WWII?
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Japan
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Who fought against them?
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Vietminh
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Who lead this group?
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Ho Chi Minh
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After the occupants were forced to leave Vietnam, for how many years did the Vietminh fight against the French?
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8
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How much money did the US give the French as part of the Containment Policy?
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$3 billion
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Where was the important attack from the Vietminh in 1954?
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Dien Bien Phu
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Who commanded the Vietminh?
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Nguyen Vo Giap
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How many troops were amassed on the hills surrounding the French airstrip?
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50000
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How many casualties did the French suffer?
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10000
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What was on the surrounding hills which made the French think the Vietminh wouldn't be able to use heavy artillery (incorrectly)?
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Jungle
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What was signed in 1954?
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Geneva Agreement
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On which parallel was Vietnam split?
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17th
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Who would rule South Vietnam?
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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When were elections supposed to be held to unite Vietnam?
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1956
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Which religion did Diem belong to?
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Catholicism
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Which religion (the majority in Vietnam) was persecuted?
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Buddhism
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What did Diem take from peasants to give to his supporters?
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Land
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Who performed self-immolation in 1963?
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Thich Quang Duc
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What was the army of SV called?
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ARVN
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How many advisors to SV were there in 1954?
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17
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How many were there by the time Eisenhower left office in 1961?
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685
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How many were there when Kennedy was assassinated in 1963?
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16,000
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What organisation, started in 1960, is better known as the Vietcong?
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NLF
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How many members did the VC have by 1961?
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100,000
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What was the policy of moving peasants into fortified villages (1962)?
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Strategic hamlets
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When was Diem assassinated? (The US did nothing to stop this.)
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1963
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Who came into power in 1963?
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Lyndon B Johnson
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When was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
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August 1964
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Which warship was allegedly attacked?
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USS Maddox
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What operation of targeted bombing of Vietnam began in February 1965?
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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Which US airbase was attacked in March 1965, killing 8 soldiers?
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Pleiku
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How many US marines were there by the end of 1965 in Vietnam?
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200,000
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How many US marines were there by 1968?
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500,000
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What tactics did the VC favour?
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Guerilla
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Name the booby trap that involved sharpened bamboo spikes covered in faeces.
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Punji trap
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Name the one that flew out of the ground and exploded at one metre above the earth.
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Bouncing betty
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Which battalion suffered 600 casualties in 6 months without even seeing the enemy?
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Hard Luck Battalion
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How long was the Cu Chi tunnel complex?
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130 miles
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What did the VC try to win over in South Vietnam?
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Hearts and minds
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What was the North Vietnamese army?
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NVA
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What kind of patrols were sent into the countryside to try and identify VC?
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Search and destroy
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What were the small US soldiers sent into tunnels called?
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Tunnel Rats
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What were Agent Orange and Agent Blue?
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Herbicides
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How much of SV's vegetation was killed by these (plus napalm)?
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12.5%
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Who was famously burnt by napalm?
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Kim Phuc
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How many Vietnamese people have suffered birth defects or illness due to Agent Orange?
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1 million
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What was the attack launched in January 1968?
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Tet Offensive
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How many losses did the VC suffer?
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60,000
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How many losses did the US suffer?
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2600
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Which famous news presenter was heard to exclaim "I thought we were winning this war."
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Walter Cronkite
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How many troops did General Westmoreland request which LBJ rejected post-Tet?
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200,000
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What did LBJ not stand for later that year, in part because of the perceived failure of Tet?
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Reelection
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Who became president in 1969?
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Richard Nixon
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What was his policy?
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Vietnamisation
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When were the first US troops withdrawn?
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1969
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How many were there by 1971?
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140000
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What was the name of the NV to SV supply route?
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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How did the US decide who would fight in the war?
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Draft
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Who was the most famous protester of the draft?
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Muhammad Ali
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How many US casualties were there in 1968?
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17000
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How many were there in total?
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58000
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What was this war known as because it was so well documented in media?
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TV war
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Which march was there in Washington in 1971?
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Veterans' March
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Which group argued for peace on principle?
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Hippies
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How many of the front line soldiers were Black?
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28%
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How much money did the war cost?
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$169 billion
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What atrocity was committed in March 1968?
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My Lai Massacre
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Which US army unit were respomsible?
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Charlie Company
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How many Vietnamese were murdered?
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500
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How many months later was the massacre revealed?
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18
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Who led the attack?
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Lieutenant Calley
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Which was the massacre in the US? (May 1970)
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Kent State Massacre
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How many deaths and injuries were there? (__,__)
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4,9
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Who was the main US negotiator?
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Henry Kissinger
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Who waas the main NV negotiator?
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Le Duc Tho
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What was it called when relations between the US were improving with both the USSR and China?
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Detente
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When was Cambodia secretly bombed?
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1969
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Where did the US back an SV invasion of in 1971?
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Laos
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What was the massive bombing campaign against NV in 1972?
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Operation Linebacker
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When was a peace agreement reached?
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January 1973
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When were US troops to be withdrawn from Vietnam by?
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March 1973
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When did NV invade the South?
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December 1974
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When did Saigon fall?
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April 1975
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How many Vietnamese died?
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3 million
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How many Vietnamese were made homeless?
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11 million
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What were the 2 million refugees who left the country called?
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Boat people
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How many babies were fathered by US soldiers?
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100,000
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What did LBJ fail to build due to the Vietnam War?
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Great Society
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