Answer/explanation: China became communist. Leading the US to cut ties with them. Vietnam and Korea were split along a parallel, which divided the communist north and the democratic south
The thought that if one major city or country fell to communism then all the smaller and medium sized countries would fall to communism until finally it took america as its last country.
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"<span>B Francis Lubbock" He opposed Sam Houstons veiws on secession and was banished from texas as his brother was to name the city of Lubbock.
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