IDOE STANDARD:
USH.7.7 Explain and analyze changing relations between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1960 to 1980. (E)
USH.7.8 Explain and analyze U.S. foreign policy with regard to Africa, the Middle East, and China during the 1960s and 1970s.
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The war remained unresolved for the American families whose relatives and friends were classified as prisoners of war or missing in _____
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B
1982, nation dedicated the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., a large _____ _____ wall inscribed with the names of those killed and missing in action
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C
December 1972, to force North Vietnam to resume negotiations, Nixon what was called the _____ bombings, thousands of tons of bombs, for 11 days.
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D
Constant bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail destabilized Laos' neutrality, which allowed Communists to take over after the fall of Saigon, so the _____ _____ played out as predicted.
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E
Former DOD employee, Daniel _____ , leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, which confirmed what Americans had believed: the government had not been honest with them.
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F
Summary: Vietnam War shook the nation’s confidence and made us question American _____ policies
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G
March 1975, North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam, & president ______ ______ asked for funds to aid the South Vietnamese, but Congress refused.
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H
Nixon appointed _____ _____ as special assistant for national security, and Kissinger embarked upon a policy called linkage, improving relations with the Soviet Union and China,
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I
Peace did not last. March 1975, North Vietnam _____ South Vietnam. Nixon resigned in August 1974 due to the Watergate Scandal, & Congress refused to help president Gerald Ford when he asked to aid South Vietnam.
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J
1970, police killed two student protesters in Mississippi, attending
_____ _____ College
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K
May 1970, Ohio National Guard soldiers armed with tear gas and rifles fired on demonstrators at _____ _____ University, killing four students
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L
Kissinger embarked upon a policy called _____ , which improved relations with the Soviets and China, so they would reduce aid to North Vietnam.
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M
1972, Presidential election, Nixon was able to defeat George _____ because Nixon & Kissinger claimed peace was at hand in Vietnam
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N
1969, Kissinger also entered into secret negotiations with Le Duc Tho, the representative from _____ _____ .
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O
1970, _____ National Guard killed four students are Kent State University, students protesting the Vietnam War.
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P
1973, U.S. and North Vietnam signed an agreement “ending the war.” U.S. promised to withdraw its troops and both sides agreed to exchange _____ of war
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Q
War Powers Act _____ the president to inform Congress of any commitment of troops abroad within 48 hours, and to withdraw them in 90 days unless Congress approved.
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R
1975, January, Cambodia fell to a Communist group called the Khmer _____ .
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S
1975, North Vietnamese captured _____ , which was South Vietnam’s capital, and then renamed the city Ho Chi Minh City.
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T
December 1970, an angry Congress ended the president’s control of the war, repealing the Gulf of _____ Resolution, which gave the president complete power in the conflict
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U
1968, William Calley massacred _____ South Vietnamese civilians in My Lai, most of which were old men, women, and children.
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V
1969, Nixon began _____ , which was the withdrawal of U.S. troops while the South Vietnamese assumed more of the fighting.
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W
_____ and Vietnam made Americans feel their nation’s leaders had misled them.
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X
1972 presidential elections, ______ was able to defeat George McGovern because he & Kissinger announced that peace is at hand in Vietnam.
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Former Department of Defense employee, Daniel Ellsberg, leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New _____ _____ . Documents contained details about expanding the war, and confirmed the government had not been honest with the American people.
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Z
Because people considered the Vietnam War a defeat, they wanted to put it behind them, so veterans’ sacrifices were often _____ .
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