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Federal Housing Authority
It insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying. -
Postdam Agreement
plan of tripartite military occupation and reconstruction of Germany -
Domino Theory
was the basis for the United States strategy of containment, and the reason for entering the Vietnam War. -
Anti-war movement
is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict -
Vietnam
was then unified under a Communist government, but was politically isolated and impoverished. -
Chicano Movement
Mexican-American barrios throughout the Southwest -
OPEC
Its mission is to secure a return to oil investors and an economic supply of oil to consumers. -
affirmative action
known as positive discrimination in the United Kingdom, refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender -
Lyndon b Johnson
was 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
term for the domestic policies of President Lyndon Johnson. -
Escalation
was a Cold War-era military U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on -
Head Start
Offers early childhood education for low-income families. -
Tet offensive
was a military campaign during the Vietnam War -
Abby Hoffman
was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party -
Richard Nixon
was the 37th President of the United States, from 1969 to 1974, he became the only president to resign the office. -
Draft
lottery only encouraged resentment of the Vietnam war, It strengthened the anti-war movement all over America as people decried -
Tinker v Des Moines
wore black armbands to their public school as a symbol of protest against American involvement in the Vietnam -
Vietnamization
aimed at ending American involvement in the Vietnam War -
26th amendment
bars the states and the federal government from setting a voting age higher -
War powers act
was an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
Title IX
s a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972, Public Law -
Fall of Saigon
was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation -
Roy Benavidez
was a member of the Studies and Observations Group of the United States Army. -
NAFTA
is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc
