9. To stop east germans from fleeing to the west.
10. They were communists, they closed it off until the soviets removed the mistels from Cuba.
11. Allowed him to use American forces in Vietnam.
12. Herbicide they spray to clear out forests and tall grasses in Vietnam, but it was believed to have contaminated many Americans and Vietnamese causing serious health problems.
13. The north Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks on south Vietnam that took place on the Vietnamese new years Tet.
14. there was no direct attack on American soil, the generation gap the new generation didn't believe in fighting the war like the old one did, we weren't winning, it cost us a lot of money, people were being forced to join the military.
15. Reasons why LBJ should or should not run:
Not run: 1. Didn't have the support of the younger generation
2. It was a good idea to put someone new in office who had a different view of approaching the war since Johnson was already losing.
3. No one trusted his decisions involving the war.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Chapter 27 & 28 Questions
9. Winston Churchill coined the phrase, it represented the Soviets taking control of east Europe, the "curtain" divided the west from the east.
11. The cold war is a war that where is is actually no fighting, people just prepare their armies to intimated people, and threaten each other.
13. It gave the returning GI's from war money to go to college, buy homes, or set up businesses.
15. There was no victory, more than 54,000 Americans died in the war and another 103,000 were wounded. Nearly 2,000,000 Koreans and Chinese died. We set up a demilitarized zone where no military was allowed, and it was a direct threat to the Soviets.
16. It was a congressional committee that investigated communism in America.
Chapter 28
5. Hawaii and Alaska
9. Fidel Castro
10. That traveling by plane was a great invention, it was fast and easy, it could carry more passengers father and faster. TV also became very popular. Businesses started using computers.
14. The people who weren't affected by poverty moved to the suburbs and the people who were stayed in the city, and lead to a high level of poverty in cities.
16. Nuclear weapons were more popular, you could use them and save most of the army. After bombing Japan the US could use the bombs to threaten other countries.
17. The people needed more cars because they lived in the suburbs and they were more spread out, Therefore they needed the cars to do errands and go to the store.
11. The cold war is a war that where is is actually no fighting, people just prepare their armies to intimated people, and threaten each other.
13. It gave the returning GI's from war money to go to college, buy homes, or set up businesses.
15. There was no victory, more than 54,000 Americans died in the war and another 103,000 were wounded. Nearly 2,000,000 Koreans and Chinese died. We set up a demilitarized zone where no military was allowed, and it was a direct threat to the Soviets.
16. It was a congressional committee that investigated communism in America.
Chapter 28
5. Hawaii and Alaska
9. Fidel Castro
10. That traveling by plane was a great invention, it was fast and easy, it could carry more passengers father and faster. TV also became very popular. Businesses started using computers.
14. The people who weren't affected by poverty moved to the suburbs and the people who were stayed in the city, and lead to a high level of poverty in cities.
16. Nuclear weapons were more popular, you could use them and save most of the army. After bombing Japan the US could use the bombs to threaten other countries.
17. The people needed more cars because they lived in the suburbs and they were more spread out, Therefore they needed the cars to do errands and go to the store.
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