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Affirmative action
ers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin -
Great society
goals of the Great Society social reforms were the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Lyndon B johnson
Lyndon BJohnson (often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969), a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States -
Richard Nixon
ichard was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign the office. Nixon had previously served as a Republican U.S. representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. -
Federal Housing Authority
a United States government agency created as part of the National Housing Act of 1934. It insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying. -
Roy Benavidez
Roy was a member of the Studies and Observations Group of the United States Army. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat near Lộc Ninh, South Vietnam on May 2, 1968. -
Abbie Hoffman
Abbie was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies"). -
Postdam Agreement
The Potsdam Agreement was the Allied (UK, US, USSR) plan of tmilitary occupation and reconstruction of Nazi Germany and Europe -
draft
President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 which created the country's first peacetime draft and formally established the Selective Service System as an independent Federal agency. -
War powers act
Takes away the presidents ability to send troop over seas -
Domino Theory
speculated that if one state in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. -
OPEC
Its mission is to secure a return to oil investors and an economic supply of oil to consumers. -
Gulf Of Tonkin
nvolving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. On August 2, 1964, -
Tinker V Des moines
A supreme court case that gives students freedom of speech -
Vietnam
is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. With an estimated 90.3 million -
Vietnamization
a policy of the Richard M. Nixon administration during the Vietnam War, as a result of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops. -
Anti War Movement
a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict -
26th Amendment
United States Constitution bars the states and the federal government from setting a voting age higher than eighteen. It was adopted in response to student activism against the Vietnam War a -
Title ix
o person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. -
Fall Of Saigon
as the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975 -
Head Start
hat provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families. -
Nafta
orth American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. -
Escolation
is the process of increasing or rising, derived from the concept of an escalator.
