THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Gasoline-based jelly that stuck and burned when ignited
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Defoiling chemical used to eat away jungle quickly
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Clearing out and burning villages thought to be helping Vietcong
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Using a draft lottery system
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Detailed explanation-1: -Agent Orange was sprayed at up to 20 times the concentration the manufacturers recommended for killing plants. It defoliated millions of acres of forests and farmland. Large tracts of that land remain degraded and unproductive to this day. The chemical dioxin in Agent Orange can remain toxic in the soil for decades.
Detailed explanation-2: -Agent Orange was a tactical herbicide the U.S. military used to clear leaves and vegetation for military operations mainly during the Vietnam War. Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange may have certain related cancers or other illnesses.
Detailed explanation-3: -Herbicide Composition. 2, 4, 5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4, 5-T) was the main active ingredient of Agent Orange and the herbicides used earlier in the Vietnam War. As a result of the synthesis of 2, 4, 5-T, it was contaminated with 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD, also referred to as TCDD).
Detailed explanation-4: -Agent Orange, mixture of herbicides that U.S. military forces sprayed in Vietnam from 1962 to 1971 during the Vietnam War for the dual purpose of defoliating forest areas that might conceal Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces and destroying crops that might feed the enemy.