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Fderal Housing Authority
FHA loans have been helping people become homeowners since 1934. FHA lalows for the refinance or purchase of a home with a low down payment -
Potsdam Agreement
The Potsdam Agreement was the Allied (UK, US, USSR) plan of tripartite military occupation and reconstruction of Nazi Germany and the entire European Theatre of War territory. -
Domino Theory
The Domino Theory is that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control -
Draft
From 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means. -
Vietnam
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson was the 36th President of the United States after President Kennedy was assassinated. During his administration, Johnson initiated the "Great Society" social service programs -
Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman was a leader of the Youth International Party. He was an American Activist during the 1960s. -
Anti-War Movement
As the war dragged on, more and more Americans grew weary of mounting casualties and escalating costs. The small antiwar movement grew into an unstoppable force, pressuring American leaders to reconsider its commitment. -
OPEC
OPEC is the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Its mission is to secure a return to oil investors and an economic supply of oil to consumers. -
Affirmative Action
Affirmative action is one of the most effective tools for redressing the injustices caused by our nation’s historic discrimination against people of color and women. -
Gulf ot Tonkin
The incident in the Gulf of Tonkin led to America’s open entry into the Vietnam War. To gain intelligence as to the naval strength of the North Vietnamese,It all started when American naval destroyers were sent into North Vietnamese waters. On August 2nd 1964, three North Vietnamese torpedo boats fired on the ‘USS Maddox’ in the Gulf of Tonkin. -
The Great Society
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States announced by President Lyndon B. Johnson. EX. War on Poverty: forty programs that were intended to eliminate poverty by improving living conditions and enabling people to lift themselves out of the cycle of poverty. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
In 1965, John Tinker, his sister Mary Beth, and a friend were sent home from school for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. The school had established a policy permitting students to wear several political symbols, but had excluded the wearing of armbands protesting the Vietnam War. Their fathers sued, but the District Court ruled that the school had not violated the Constitution. The Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court, and the Tinkers appealed to the Supreme Court. -
Richard Nixon
Nixon then was elected to the White House in 1968. Richard Nixon is known as the U.S. president who resigned his post to avoid facing impeachmentin 1974. -
Roy Benavidez
Roy Benavidez was a soldier from Texas. He won the Congressional Medal of Honor, and fought and saved lives of at least 8 men during the Vietnam War. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong (rebel forces sponsored by North Vietnam) and North Vietnamese forces, on scores of cities, towns, and hamlets throughout South Vietnam. It was considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War. -
Vietnamization
During the war, the U.S. program of turning over to the South Vietnamese government responsibility for waging the conflict, in order to implement withdrawal of U.S. military personnel. -
Chicano Movement
The Chicano movement was a cultural as well as a political movement, helping to construct new, transnational cultural identities and fueling a renaissance in politically charged visual, literary, and performance art -
26th Amendment
The 26th Amendment states that the right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age. -
Title IX
Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools, whether it be in academics or athletics. -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Act was passed by Congress over President Nixon's veto to increase congressional control over the executive branch in foreign policy matters, specifically in regard to military actions short of formally declared war. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon occured when the last American helicopter left in 1975. Communist forces took control of the city, and many evacuated by sea, known a "Boat People".
