Ameliorate Television and the Vietnam War

Directions: . There are two sentences and 4 missing commas.

Television ownership affected the outcome of the Vietnam War for almost a decade--in between school work and dinners--the American public could watch villages being destroyed Vietnamese children burning to death and American body bags being sent home.

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Video about TV's role in the Vietnam War

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Television ownership affected the outcome of the Vietnam War. For almost a decade--in between school, work, and dinners-- the American public could watch villages being destroyed, Vietnamese children burning to death, and American body bags being sent home.

Ameliorate Ngo Dinh Diem (Vietnam)

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red.

In the wake of the french withdrawal from indochina in 1954, Ngo Dinh Diệm lead the effort to crate the Republic of Vietnam.

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Suggested Answer: 
In the wake of the French withdrawal from Indochina in 1954, Ngo Dinh Diệm led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam.

Ameliorate John F. Kennedy's Flexible Response

Directions: there are two missing commas, a missing apostrophe, and a missing colon.

 Flexible Response John F. Kennedys version of containment of Communism included too unique programs the Peace Corps and the Army Special Forces.

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Suggested Answer: 

Flexible Response, John F. Kennedy's version of containment of Communism, included two unique programs: the Peace Corps and the Army Special Forces.

Ameliorate Communist Cuba

Directions: Correct the grammatically incorrect sentence below, in red. There are 2 missing commas.  

President Batista the leader of Cuba and ally of the United States was replaced by the Communist leader Fidel Castro in 1959.

Video about the Bay of Pigs operation. JFK 
JFK on TV discusses Cuban Missile Crisis
Nixon JFK debate


PICTURES with Veterans of the Bay of Pigs Operation.  Pics taken at the Bay of Pigs Museum in Little Havana, Miami, Fla. April 2015

Me with 2 Veterans of the Bay of Pigs Operation. We were at the Bay of Pigs Museum in Miami.

This Bay of Pigs vet is showing the hole in his chest from a Communist bullet.

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President Batista, the leader of Cuba and ally of the United States, was replaced by the Communist leader Fidel Castro in 1959.

Ameliorate the Korean War

On June 25 1950 the korean war began when some 75000 soldier's from the North Korean Peoples Army poored across the 38th parallel.

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Suggested Answer: 

On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel.

Ameliorate the COLD WAR

Directions: grammatically ameliorate these sentence. Add two commas, an apostrophe, and a colon. Also capitalize proper nouns.

Three events happened between 1949 and 1950 that heightened Cold War fears in the United States the Soviet Union obtained the atomic bomb china was taken over by Chairman Maos communist Party and North Korea invaded south Korea. 

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Ameliorate the YALTA Conference

Directions:
There are five missing commas, and a missing COLON in line 3. In total, there are two complete sentences.  

The yalta Conference sometimes called the Crimea Conference
was held February 4–11 1945 was the World War II meeting of the Big Three President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin  the purpose of Yalta was to discuss Europes post-war reorganization.

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Suggested correction: 
The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference, was held February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the Big Three:   President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Premier Joseph Stalin. The purpose of Yalta was to discuss Europe's post-war reorganization.