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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States, a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States. -
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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 -
Federal Housing Authority
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is a United States government agency created as part of the National Housing Act of 1934 -
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Roy Benavidez
Master Sergeant Raul Perez Benavidez was a member of the Studies and Observations Group of the United States Army. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat near Lộc Ninh, South Vietnam on May 2, 1968 -
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Abby Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party. -
Potsdam Agreement
The Potsdam Agreement was the Allied (UK, US, USSR) plan of tripartite military occupation and reconstruction of Germany—referring to the German Reich with its pre-war 1937 borders including the former eastern territories—and the entire European Theatre of War territory. -
Domino Theory
The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries during the Vietnam Era, the United States feared the spread of comunism and had the idea of Domino Thoery -
Chicano Movement
The Chicano Movement of the 1960s, also called the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, also known as El Movimiento -
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. -
Anti-War Movement
a campaign against entering or continuing a war -
Great Society
A domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs -
The Gulf of Tonkin
The Gulf of Tonkin incident is 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 -
Affirmative Action
An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, esp. in relation to employment or education -
Head Start
The Head Start Program is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive education -
Tet Offensive
An offensive in January–February 1968 by the Vietcong and North Vietnamese armies against South Vietna -
Vietnamization
(in the Vietnam War) The US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the south vietnam -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, was a decision by the United States Supreme Court. -
26th Amendment
The Twenty-sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI) to the United States Constitution standardized the voting age to 18. -
Title IX
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a United States law enacted on June 23, 1972. -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C.) was a United States Congress joint resolution providing that the President can send U.S -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the North Vietnamese Army on April 30, 1975 -
Draft
Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the military -
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement. -
Vietnam
Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia -
Escalation
an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"
