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Potsdam Agreement
Plan of tripartite military occupation and reconstruction of Nazi Germany and the entire European Theatre of War territory. -
Domino Theory
Theory in U.S. foreign policy after World War II stating that the “fall” of a noncommunist state to communism would precipitate the fall of noncommunist governments in neighbouring states. -
OPEC
a cartel of mostly Arab nations to protect their interests against major Western oil companies. The organization has seen a variance in its economic, and thus diplomatic, power since its creation, but in the early 1970s, as the United States was preoccupied with the Vietnam War, OPEC proved a strong international player. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
The 36th President of the United States, a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States. -
Great Society
a set of domestic programs in the United States announced by President Lyndon B. Johnson at Ohio University and subsequently promoted by him and fellow Democrats in Congress -
Gulf of Tonkin
The destroyer USS Maddox, while performing a signals intelligence patrol as part of DESOTO operations, engaged three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats of the 135th Torpedo Squadron. -
Affirmative Action
Was used to promote actions that achieve non-discrimination. -
Chicano Movement
Encompassed a broad cross section of issues from restoration of land grants, to farm workers' rights, to enhanced education, to voting and political rights, as well as emerging awareness of collective history. -
Abby Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party. -
Anti-War Movement
In opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. -
Escalation
Simulation of the Vietnam War where you can make decisions as President Johnson. -
Vietnamization
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. -
Tet Offensive
there was a prior agreement to "cease fire" during the Tet Lunar New Year celebrations. Both North and South Vietnam announced on national radio broadcasts that there would be a two-day cease-fire during the holiday. Nonetheless, the Communists launched an attack that began during the early morning hours of the first day of Tet. -
Roy Benavidez
He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat in South Vietnam on May 2, 1968. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Petitioners, three public school pupils in Des Moines, Iowa, were suspended from school for wearing black armbands to protest the Government's policy in Vietnam. The District Court dismissed the complaint on the ground that the regulation was within the Board's power. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign the office. -
Draft
The Selective Service System of the United States conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from 1944 to 1950. -
26th amendment
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, allowing millions of young people to participate actively in the democratic process and to have a powerful voice in shaping their political future. -
Title IX
A portion of the Education Amendments of 1972 -
War Powers Act
Federal law intended to check the President's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. -
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. -
NAFTA
Agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America
