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Federal Housing Authority
is a United States government agency created as part of the National Housing Act of 1934. -
War Powers Act
an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
Domino Theory
A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control. -
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Vietnam War
It was a fight between South Vietnam and North Vietnam, a cold-War struggle and we got involved to prevent a communist takeover. -
Draft
the governments way fo maing people join the war. Used in Vietnam. -
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Helps with the organization of oil. -
Chicano Movement
Painted on school, church, and other buildings walls to protest and make a stand. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President of the U.S. -
Gulf of Tonkin
the name given to two separate confrontations, one actual and one false, involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. -
Head Start
a program of the 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
a military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. -
Escalation
Process of rising and falling based of a escalator. -
Anti-War Movement
a public protest against war. -
Great Society
a set of domestic programs -
Affirmative Action
efers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group. -
Roy Benavidez
He recieved the medal of honor for his actions in South Vietnam. He is labled as "Master Sergent Raul Perez." -
Richard Nixon
He was the 37th President of the U.S. and he is the only president to resign from office. -
, Tinker v. Des Moines
said freedom of speec included schools. -
Vietnamization
a policy of president Nixen, created due to the tet offensive. -
26th Amendment
Gave 18 years olds the right to vote. -
Title IX
Prohibits sex dicrimination in schooling. -
Fall of Saigon
was the capture of saigon, Vietnam during the vietnam war. -
Abby Hoffman
A political and social activist who co-founded the Youth international party. -
Potsdam Agreement
A plan to reconstruct germany. -
NAFTA
an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade block.
