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Federal Housing Authority
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is a United States government agency created as part of the National Housing Act of 1934. -
Potsdam Agreement
The Potsdam Agreement was the Allied (UK, US, USSR) plan of tripartite military occupation and reconstruction of Germany. -
Domino Theory
The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries. -
Abbie Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party. -
Escalation
an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy. -
Draft
A preliminary version of a piece of writing, when men would get draft into war. -
Chicano Movement
The Chicano Movement of the 1960s is an extension of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement which began in the 1940s with the stated goal of achieving Mexican American empowerment. -
Affirmative Action
An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, esp. in relation to employment or education. -
Anti-War Movement
a campaign against entering or continuing a war. -
Vietnamization
The US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam. -
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries -
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. -
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. On August 2, 1964 -
Tinker v. Des Moines
1965, John Tinker, his sister Mary Beth, and a friend were sent home from school for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. The school had established a policy permitting students to wear several political symbols, but had excluded the wearing of armbands protesting the Vietnam War. Their fathers sued, but the District Court ruled that the school had not violated the Constitution. The Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court, and the Tinkers appealed to the Supreme Court. -
Great Society
Was a set of domestic programs in the United States announced by President Lyndon B. Johnson -
Head Start
Head Start is a US child development program designed for low-income families -
Tet Offensive
An offensive launched in January–February 1968 by the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese army. Timed to coincide with the first day of the Tet (Vietnamese New Year), it was a surprise attack on South Vietnamese cities, notably Saigon. Although repulsed after initial successes, the attack shook US confidence and hastened the withdrawal of its forces. -
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 South Vietnam on May 2, 1968. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign the office. -
26th Amendment
set the voting age at 18, because of drafting. -
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 is a 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 Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the North Vietnamese Army on April 30, 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of Vietnam under communist rule. -
Vietnam
A country in Southeast Asia -
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement.
