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Sophia C., Sophia M., James N., Luke M., Tim C. 

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Sophia C., Sophia M., James N., Luke M., Tim C. 

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- The US abandoned the Truman Doctrine and left Vietnam
-  The south surrendered to the north and vietnam became a unified communist state

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The US wanted an anti- communist nation. The US deployed large numbers to South Vietnam and later launched airstrikes and committed more foot soldiers

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The Soviet Union wanted communism to spread. They went into war after the US started to threaten them.

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North Vietnam is in red and South Vietnam is in green

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In Vietnam there was a staggering death toll. The war killed 2 million Vietnamese civilians. The economy grew at an annual rate of more than 7 percent. Poverty was nearly halved

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In the United States the war led Congress to replace the military draft with an all- volunteer force and the county to reduce the voting age to 18. The war also weakened US military morale and undermined the US commitment to internationalism

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President Richard Nixon threw out the Truman Doctrine (a promise that the U.S would provide military, economic, and political help to warring countries)

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South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam and united as a communist country.

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A group of US soldiers brutally killed more than 500 civilians in the village of My Lai in march of 1968. The horrific event was covered up for a year before being released to US press, where it fueled anti war and divided the US over the Vietnam war

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Wanted the whole of Vietnam to be communist

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Did not want to be a communist nation

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Supported South Vietnam in their wish to remain as they were and not become a communist nation

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China had become communist and communist were in control of North Vietnam. The US was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. The US decided to send money, supplies, and military officials to help the South Vietnamese Government

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Supported North Vietnam and Viet Cong in their attempt to have South Vietnam become a communist nation