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| why was Johnson reluctatnt to send US troops to S. Vietnam? | He didn't want to sacrifice American lives to fight something the Asians should take care of themselves |
| Describe the support Johnson had to sending troops to fight in Vietnam in March 1965? | Congress, 61% public support |
| How did Dean Rusk see the need for US involvement? | It is the US duty to keep its promise about fighting Communism and if they fail, the communists will take the opportunity and take over the US |
| What did General William Westmoreland keep asking for more troops? | The commander of the US troops asked for more troops because the South Vietnamese Army was uneffective |
| What was the US troop level by 1967 | 500,000 troops |
| What tactics did the vietcong use? | hit and run, ambush attacks, Pungi sticks, knowledge of the jungle, lived among civilians, booby traps, elaborate tunnels, landmines |
| In what ways did the US underestimate the Vietcong? | US thought they could wear them down with high casulaties, we saw a miliary struggle, they saw it as a fight for their existance |
| Why did the US need to win the battle for "hearts and minds" | to expose the communist guerrillas who hide among civilians |
| How were napalm and Agent Orange used in the war? | bombs which set the jungle on fire and destroyed the jungle, caused cancer and birth defects later |
| What were "search and destroy missions" and how did affect they feeling of the Vietnamese villagers | uprooted civilians, killed livestock, burned villages to find supporters of Vietcong, alienated Villagers and made them hate US |
| what factors led to the low morale of US troops | guerilla warfare, brutal conditions, failure to make headway, didn't support the war, most soldiers did what they were supposed to be |
| How did they conduct of the South Vietnamese government affect the way war was conducted | corrupt and unstable, led to protests against S. Vietnamese government |
| How did the majority of US troops approach their service in Vietnam | patriotic pride in their role to stop communism |
| How did the cost of the war effect the US economy and Great Society programs | Inflation increased from 2% to 5.5%, $6 billion reduction in spending for Great Society |
| How did TV broadcasters from Vietnam effect support for the war? | the news exposed high numbers of deaths of American soldiers and civilians |
| What was the credibility gap? | 1st war on TV, questioned the honesty of the government due to the difference between Johnson was saying and what they were seeing on TV |
