9. To prevent the western influence. To stop East Germens from fleeing to the west.
10. To force the soviets to remove the missles from Cuba, the Cuban missle Crisis.
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.
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