How was the Vietnam war different from previous wars ?

Ostensibly, we fought the Vietnam War to keep the southern part of the country--tenuously democratic (but with rigged elections)--from becoming part of the communist north. ... Another aspect that was unique to this war is that we generally did not take, occupy, and control land--our strategy was to kill the enemy.

the american revolution led to the creation of a democratic republic,is the correct answer;

explanation:

7 - to develop an asian ally

11- the red scare

14   the power of military -industrial complex

17 - the economy grew quickly

24 - the separation of church and state was not important