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Americanizing the War U.S. Involvement Grows
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EQ What were the causes and effects of
Americas growing involvement in the Vietnam War?
Americanizing the War
An Elusive Enemy
Effects of the War at Home
US begins the first sustainedbombing campaign
againstNorth Vietnam, called
The North Vietnamese usedguerrilla warfare as
they fought theUS describe their tactics
How did the costs of the war effect theeconomy
and LBJs Great Society?
Leading U.S. officials during thewar
were __________________________Secretary of
Defense and __________________________ American
commander in Vietnam
What was the state of the war by 1967?
Congress the nation over the issuesof the war
what did each believe?
U.S. dropped thousands of bombs,and also used
Hawks
Doves
Napalm (What is it?)
By the mid- to late-1960s, whatwas the effect of
the war onAmerican morale and why?
Agent Orange (What is it?)