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Lyndon B. Johnson
Was 36th President of the United States, and 37th Vice President of the United States.
One of only four people to ever serve in all four elected federal offices of the United States: Representative, Senator, Vice President, and President. -
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Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974.
Became the only president to resign from office.
Had previously served as a Republican U.S. representative and senator of California.
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Federal Housing Administration
Insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying. -
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Roy Benavidez
Was a member of the Studies and Observations Group of the United States.
Recieved Medal of Honor for actioons in combat in Vietnam on May 2, 1968. -
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Abbie Hoffman
Political and social activist who co-founded Youth International Party ("Yippies").
Arrested and tried for conspiracy and inciting to riot as result of role in protests that led to violence with police during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. -
Potsdam Conference
Also referred to as Berlin Conference of the Three Heads of Government of the USSR, USA, and UK.
The conference included establishment of post-war order, peace treaties issues, and countering effects of the war.
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Domino Theory
The idea that if one country were to fall to communism, then all surrounding countries would surely follow.
President Eisenhower put the domino theory into words on April 7, 1954. -
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Vietnam War
Cold-War era military conflict that took place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from november 1st, 1955 to fall of Saigon on April 30th, 1975. -
Vietnam War Escalation
U.S involvement escalated with troop levels that tripled in 1961, they were tripled again in 1962. U.S. combat units began to be deployed in 1965. -
Drafting for Vietnam
Many men, ages from 16 and up, were basically forced to join the army and go to war in Viketnam. -
Great Society
Two main goals of the Great Society were to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.
Resembled the New Deal by Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Chicano Mural Movement
Also called Chicano Civil Rights Movement.
Goal of achieving Mexican-American empowerment. -
Affirmative Action
Known as Positive Discrimination in the United Kingdom.
Refers to policies that take factors including race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national origin, in order to benefit an underepresentive group in areas of employment, education, and business. -
Anti-War Movement
A social movement that is usually in opposition to nations arrying on armed forces and interfering with Vietnam. -
Gulf of Tonkin
Two seperate confrontations between North Vietnam and the United States. One was false while the other was real. -
Head Start Program
Program of United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families. -
Tet Offensive
Military campaign during the Vietnam War by the Viet Chong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. -
Vietnamization
Policy by Richard Nixon during the Vietnam War, as a result of the Viet Chong's Tet Offensive, to expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese so they could take the place of American soldiers in the war. -
Tinker V. Des Moines
Decision that defined constitutional rights of students in U.S. public schools. -
26th Amendment
Bars the states and the federal government from setting a voting age higher than eighteen.
In response to student activism against the Vietnam War. -
Title IX
No 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. -
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
The capture of Saigon by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front. This marked the end of the Vietnam War and Vietnam returned to it's formal reunification into a communist country once again. -
NAFTA
Stands for North American Free Trade Agreement
An agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. -
OPEC
Stands for: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countires
Mission to secure a return to oil investors and an economic supply of oil to consumers.
