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American Promise: Chapter 29 Flashcards

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369523693President Johnson's early policies in Vietnam werea logical extension of his predecessor's policies.0
369523694President Kennedy's concern over Communist expansion prompted him toexpand U. S. counterinsurgency forces.1
369523695The U.S. strategy of gradually intensified bombing of North Vietnam was calledOperation Rolling Thunder.2
369523696The critical turning point in the Vietnam War came for President Johnson with theTet Offensive.3
369523697One obstacle to the stabilization of South Vietnam was the presence of the Vietcong, insurgents whose initiative came fromwithin.4
369523698In November 1963, the premier of South Vietnam and the head of the country's secret police were executed, and the reins of government were assumed bySouth Vietnamese military leaders.5
369523699To defeat the Vietcong in North Vietnam, General Westmoreland designed a strategy ofattrition.6
369523700In March 1968, U.S. troops killed more than 400 Vietnamese civilians atMy Lai.7
369523701With regard to U.S. military strategy in the Vietnam War, President Johnson began a shift in 1968 towardVietnamization of the war.8
369523702The predictions of four American presidents that the fall of Vietnam to communism would lead to the communization of all of Southeast Asiaproved to be false, as only a few countries in Southeast Asia became Communist.9

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