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☆☆☆☆☆HUAC was the House Un-American Activities Committee.
they revealed that the war had been expanded and more u.s troops were sent to fight in indochina.
national guardsmen shot and killed four students
Proxy wars were a big part of the Cold War. The United States and Soviet Union hosted a number of them throughout the world in order to vie for influence in these regions, and prevent the other side from gaining influence.
In the case of El Salvador, Reagan did not support a rebellion but a democratic government elected in 1984.
War funding limited the campaign against poverty and racism
Uprisings behind the Iron Curtain occurred in 1956 in Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
mcarthy and kennedy ran for the democratic presidential nomination
they did
The event was the TET, or Chinese New Year, that began on January 30th, 1968. The North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong forces launched attacks in every province of South Vietnam. The City of Hue (the birthplace of Ho Chi Minh) was held by the communist forces for over three weeks while U.S. forces fought in the streets house to house to reclaim the city.
When news reports of this major offensive reached the United States, the President, Congress, the public, and military leaders felt that a quick stop to the conflict was not possible.
The TET Offensive proved to be a military disaster for the North, and did not accomplish the massive uprising from South Vietnam's citizens in favor of the North - but the public opinion in the U.S. that winning was not easily possible gave the communist forces a huge psychological victory.
Because he did like the way treated African American soldiers
The antiwar movement.
President Eisenhower did not support sending American troops, but President Kennedy did.
the fall of Saigon
