Draft=people were drafted based on their birthday
-to get out of the draft people would kill themselves, go to college, left the country to go to Canada, if you had a medical problem, were rich(didn't gaurantee), or claimed to be homosexual
-Richard Nixon=called to end the Vietnam war.(vietnamization of the war)=means we will pull out of the war gently and let the vietamese take over and make sure south viet stayed independent.
-nixon expanded the war by trying to cut off their supply line bby bombing other countries
-Pris Peace accords=fighting stopped, us pulled out, south vietnaam would be independent
-1972 election was rigged by Richard Nixon=they made sure he went up against the guy who wouldnt stand a chance against him.
-Peace=didn't last, nroth invaded the south in 1975, south fell quickly, only took 2 months, so then the north and south unite, they are communist still today.
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-we won b/c we had close ties with our allies the USSR didnt
-china didn't side with us until after 1972
-we had a strong military and strong economy
-ussr=high prices and social problems and citizens weren't happy
-reagan=anti communist, beleieved in one world
-gorbachev=wanted change and reform,communist hated him because of that
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