7.2 USH - Vietnam War Wraps Up

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1968 is considered one of the WORST years in American History. Starting in January, the North (Communist) Vietnamese started the ​

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which included over a hundred attacks against US bases and occupied South Vietnamese cities. Even though the US would win this militarily, the damage was seen on ​

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which revealed the situation in Vietnam was not as secure as the Pentagon had made things seem; the US government was ​

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to the public.

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Which of the following BEST summarizes the "Credibility Gap" that was believed to exist between the U.S. public and the Federal Government during the Vietnam War?

• Americans believed the government was lying about the Vietnam War

• Americans felt government documents were more trustworthy than the TV news agencies

• American believed the government was completely honest at all times

• Americans felt parts of the government were influenced by Soviet spies

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As part of the Nixon administration's policy of "Vietnamization" the U.S. military --

• trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from U.S. troops

• imposed martial law in North Vietnam

• shared military technology with North Vietnamese

• installed puppet governments throughout South Vietnam

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President Nixon's ​

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policy emphasized that the United States must empower South Vietnam to stand on its own against the ​

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North Vietnam. To this end, Southern Vietnamese ​

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would assume more combat duties as American forces slowly ​

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​26th Amendment: 18 year olds can vote

​The War Powers Act re-established Congressional control and oversight of the executive branch (President). It stated the President must justify emergency troop usage in combat every 60-days or ask for a formal Declaration of War from Congress.

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What prompted Congress to pass the War Powers Resolution in 1973 at the end of the Vietnam War?

• Rulings issued by the Supreme Court

• Fears that renewed conflict in the Middle East would require the US to defend Israel

• Decisions made by the Executive Branch (Whitehouse and President) during the Korean and Vietnam War had made it too easy to send US troops into combat without an official war declaration from Congress

• Limits on the authority of the Chief Executive imposed by an international tribunal at the United Nations