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Lyndon B. Johnson
He was a Texan who had served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He became the 36th president after the assasination of JFK. -
Richard Nixon
He was a Republican congressman and U.S. senator from California. He also was the 37th president of the U.S. He is most famous for being the only president to resign. -
Federal Housing Authority
Is a United States government agency that provides mortgage insurance to qualified, FHA-approved lenders. FHA mortgage insurance helps protect lenders from losses associated with mortgage default; if a borrower loses a loan, they will pay for some or most of it. -
Roy Benavidez
Benavidez received the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat. Saving many people and being a hero in war. -
Abby Hoffman
He was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party. It was a radical youth and countercultural revolutionary of free speech and the anti-war movement(s) of the 1960s. -
War Powers Act
American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
Potsdam Agreement
The Allied plan of tripartite military occupation and reconstruction of Nazi Germany and the entire European Theatre of War territory. -
Vietnam
A country located south of China. It once was ruled by China, but it is now a independent country. It was a huge factor in the anti-war movent going on in the 1960's. -
Chicano Movement
A movement that covered issues from restoration of land grants, to farm workers' rights, to enhanced education, to voting and political rights. -
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries. OPEC is an organization formed to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum. -
Affirmative Action
Equal opportunity employment measures that Federal goverrnment are required to adopt. Examples include: race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin. -
Draft
A heavy demand for a resource. During the Vietnam war, the "Draft" was a demand of soldiers, sent to all men 18+ in America. -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
A incident by false information, involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin -
Great Society
A plan by President Lyndon B. Johnson, to proviede domestic programs to improve education, provide medical care for the aged, and eliminate poverty. -
Head Start
A Federal program targeting children ages 3-5 and providing a variety of services, including education in the form of preschool, and nutrition and medical services. -
Tet Offensive
A series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. -
Vietnamization
A plan made by Nixon. It was aimed at ending American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
This case affirmed the First Amendment rights of students in school. The Court held that a school district violated students’ free speech rights when it singled out a form of symbolic speech – black armbands worn in protest of the Vietnam War – for prohibition, without proving the armbands. -
26th Amendment
Allows us citizens over the age of 18 vote in elections. -
Title IX
Gave girls the right to play sports in public schools. -
Fall of Saigon
Was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front. This was the mark that ended the Vietnam war. -
NAFTA
Formally known as the Implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, this agreement allowed free trade and investment among the United States, Canada, and Mexico countries. -
Anti-War Movement
A type of movement opposing a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict. This was huge in the 1960's. -
Domino Theory
A theory based on the spread of communism that stated: "If one country is taken over by communism, its neighbors will be taken over one after another." Hence the "domino theory" If one falls, all the rest of them do. -
Escalation
Definition: ncrease in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope. This was popular in the Vietnam war to get soldiers, but it walso decribed as the war, since it was supposed to be a quick and easy far.
