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What was the Tet Offensive? What was the Gulf of Tonkin?

What was the Tet Offensive? What was the Gulf of Tonkin?. Protests. Vocabulary. Protests Draft. Vocabulary. Protest - making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval Draft – Military procedure that chooses men to join.

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What was the Tet Offensive? What was the Gulf of Tonkin?

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  1. What was the Tet Offensive? • What was the Gulf of Tonkin?

  2. Protests

  3. Vocabulary • Protests • Draft

  4. Vocabulary • Protest - making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval • Draft – Military procedure that chooses men to join

  5. After years of fighting, people began protesting the war • Young men were drafted to fight but refused to go. • Over 58,000 American soldiers were killed in the years of fighting.

  6. Officially, the war lasted from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 • Protests started in the early 1960s

  7. POWs • Held captive for 5 and a half years

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