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| Did Nixon’s bombing of North Vietnam achieve its goal? Explain. |
May 25, 2010 |
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| What effect did the presence of a third‐party candidate have on the outcome of the race between the two major party candidates? Explain. |
May 24, 2010 |
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| Why do you think Nixon defeated George McGovern by so wide a margin in the 1972 election? |
May 25, 2010 |
1 |
| Why do you think Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers |
May 25, 2010 |
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| Why did so many people leave Vietnam after the fall of Saigon? |
May 25, 2010 |
1 |
| How did Americans react to the My Lai massacre |
May 25, 2010 |
1 |
| What issues helped President Nixon win re‐election in 1972? |
May 25, 2010 |
1 |
| What was the War Powers Act |
May 25, 2010 |
1 |
| What effects has the Vietnam War had on American veterans? |
May 24, 2010 |
1 |
| What was President Nixon’s Madman Theory? |
May 24, 2010 |
1 |
| What role did Henry Kissinger have in the Vietnam War? |
May 24, 2010 |
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| 13. What was the goal of the protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention? |
May 24, 2010 |
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| How well do you think Nixon’s Vietnamization strategy worked? Explain. |
May 24, 2010 |
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| What was the silent majority? |
May 24, 2010 |
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| 14. How might the election of 1968 affect the course of the Vietnam War? |
May 24, 2010 |
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| What were Walter Cronkite’s views on the war after the Tet Offensive? |
May 21, 2010 |
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| Do you think the Tet Offensive should be considered a turning point in the Vietnam War? Why or why not? |
May 21, 2010 |
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| Why did NVA and Vietcong forces attack the U.S. military base at Khe Sanh? |
May 21, 2010 |
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| How did the Tet Offensive differ from previous fighting in Vietnam? |
May 21, 2010 |
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| Why do you think Robert S. McNamara changed his mind about the Vietnam War? |
May 21, 2010 |
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| Why did President Johnson decide not to run for reelection in 1968? |
May 21, 2010 |
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| How did Americans view General William Westmoreland’s March 1968 request for more troops? |
May 21, 2010 |
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| What advice would you have given President Johnson about how to proceed with the war in 1968? Why? |
May 21, 2010 |
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| How do you think American solders fighting in Vietnam felt about the young men who tried to avoid being drafted? |
May 20, 2010 |
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| How did the electoral vote differ in North Carolina |
May 21, 2010 |
1 |
| Who won the presidential election of 1968? |
May 21, 2010 |
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| Who was likely to be drafted to serve in the Vietnam War? |
May 20, 2010 |
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| How do you think the pacification program might have been improved? |
May 20, 2010 |
1 |
| Why did the U.S. program of pacification fail? |
May 20, 2010 |
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| What dangers did American soldiers face in Vietnam? |
May 20, 2010 |
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| What was Operation Rolling Thunder? |
May 20, 2010 |
1 |
| How and why did television affect public opinion about the Vietnam War? |
May 20, 2010 |
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| What political changes did busing, affirmative action, and Black Power bring to America in the 1970’s? |
May 11, 2010 |
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May 20, 2010 |
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