What is the vietnam syndrome? a) a post -traumatic stress disorder experience by many soldiers who fought in the vietnam war b) an illness caused by exposure to napalm c) a distrust of vietnamese people that many americans experienced following the war d) a general reluctance on the part of americans to engage in another lengthy full-scale war

Vietnam syndrome is a political term that was coined by Henry Kissinger and was then popularized by Ronald Raegan. It refers to the reluctance of the Americans to engage in war overseas due to what happened in the Vietnam war.

The answer would then be D.

Their solution was to tax the colonists. 

Not sure if it’s within 12 months, but you could talk about the spreading of alt-right hate speech and whether that is covered by the right of freedom of speech? or, cover how during the midterm elections in some states many native american populations were declined to vote because they didn’t have the proper id, despite being citizens? also, the death of that journalist last month, who spoke freely and reported about the saudi government and how corrupted it is and was killed because of that (lack of free press/speech). just some ideas for this prompt, i hope at least one of them : )