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1. The idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, its closest neighbors would follow
4. this president had refused to accept the north Vietnamese peace terms
6. Selected by Johnson to lead efforts in Vietnam-top military in country, also a distinguished veteran of Korea and WW2
9. Republicans nominated this msn who promised he would “deliver peace with honor”
11. A coordinated assault on 36 provincial capitals and 5 major cities
12. Leader that became the most important voice demanding independence for Vietnam
13. Secretary of defense: taken an objective look at the military and political situation
14. These NLF fighters launched an insurgency in which they assassinated government officials
15. this amendment standardized minimum age of 18 for participation in state

2. A creation by Harvard used extensively in WW2 against Japan, a thick petroleum product
3. this act had drafted more than 1.5 million men into military- all males had to register for the draft once turned 18
5. the most prominent leader of the civil rights movement, assassinated in Tennessee April 4th, 1968
7. This operation was approved February 1965, North Vietnamese engaged in war strategic bombing
8. described by one commenter as the “young, the unblack, and the unpoor” dubbed
10. referred to the American public’s growing distrust of the statements made by the government