The goal was to slowly withdraw American forces from Vietnam by training South Vietnamese forces to handle the responsibility of fighting the Communistic North Vietnam. It was used as a response to the anti-war protests made by many Americans.
Earthen mounds
The city of Cahokia was founded by Mississippian culture near the current day city of St. Louis, MO.
Cahokia is known for the large earthen mounds created by tribes of the Mississippian flood plains. The large mounds were used as burial sites as well as tributes to the gods of the Cahokian people. This large site is believed to be the center of Mississippian tribes living up and down the river and connected by their mound building culture.