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Vietnam War Vocab

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Vietcong   Vietnamese guerrillas who opposed the noncommunist government of South Vietnam  
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guerrilla   figther who uses hit-and-run attacks  
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domino theory   belief that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other countries in the region would follow  
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution   Congressional resolution passed in 1964 that authorized military action in Vietnam  
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escalate   to expand  
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draft   law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military  
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Tet Offensive   North Vietnamese and Vietcong surprise attack on American forces in Vietnam on the Vietnamese New Year's holiday in 1968  
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Khmer Rouge   communist party in Cambodia that imposed a reign of terror on cambodian citizens  
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boat people   after the Vietnam War, refugees who escaped from Vietnam in small boats  
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