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Vietnam - 5

Vietnam - 5. Quiz. In order to escape the continuous bombing, the Vietcong created a series of __________ underneath the ground. What two (2) countries were supplying the Vietcong and North Vietnam? Planes dropped __________, a gas based bomb that set fire to the jungle.

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Vietnam - 5

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  1. Vietnam - 5

  2. Quiz • In order to escape the continuous bombing, the Vietcong created a series of __________ underneath the ground. • What two (2) countries were supplying the Vietcong and North Vietnam? • Planes dropped __________, a gas based bomb that set fire to the jungle. • This leaf killing toxic chemical devastated the landscape around Vietnam and would later go on to affect people for years to come. • Once morale dropped, soldiers turned to what to ease their pains?

  3. Great Society • Suffered • Costly war • Had to pay for the Great Society project and Vietnam

  4. Living Room War • The American Public saw all the action at home on the nightly news • Were we REALLY winning this war like Westmoreland and Johnson continually said?!

  5. Working Class War • Middle and Upper class youths were able to avoid military service • College • Medical Reasons

  6. The Draft • Post WWII, everyone had to sign up for Selective Services • Deferments (Avoiding the Draft) were granted • 80% of those drafted were lower class whites and minorities

  7. African Americans and Vietnam • Accounted for 20% of deaths • Less than 10% of the country • MLK, “cruel irony”

  8. McCain’s Torture • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm-IkMW-lDg&feature=related

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