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Federal Housing Authority
A US government agency that provides mortgage insurance to qualified. FHA mortgage insurance helps protect lenders from losses associated with mortgage default; if a borrower defaults on a loan, the FHA will pay a specified claim amount to the lender. -
Potsdam Agreement
UK, US, USSR were three Allies that planned tripartite military occupation and reconstruct. The chief representatives were President Truman, Premier Stalin, Prime Minister Churchill, and, after Churchill's defeat in the British elections, Prime Minister Attlee. The foreign ministers of the three nations were also present. The so-called Potsdam Agreement transferred the chief authority in Germany to the American, Russian, British, and French military commanders in their respective zones. -
Anti-War Movement
The antiwar movement consisted of a number of independent interests, often allied and contesting each other on many issues, united only in opposition to the Vietnam War. Attracting members from college campuses, middle-class suburbs, labor unions, and government institutions, the movement gained national prominence in 1965, peaked in 1968, and remained powerful throughout the duration of the conflict. -
Great Society
political idea that promised to end poverty and racial injustice.
e called for a war on poverty and the creation of a "Great Society," a prosperous nation that had overcome racial divisions. To this end, Johnson proposed an expansion in the federal government's role in domestic policy. -
Head Start
provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families. The program's services and resources are designed to foster stable family relationships, enhance children’s physical and emotional well-being, and establish an environment to develop strong cognitive skills. -
Chicano Movement
The Chicano movement was a cultural as well as a political movement, helping to construct new, transnational cultural identities and fueling a renaissance in politically charged visual, literary, and performance art. The Chicano Movement emerged during the Civil Rights era with three goals: restoral of land, rights for farm workers and education reforms. Prior to the 1960s, however, Latinos lacked influence in the national political arena. they fought to catch the presidents attention. -
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
was founded in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum policies of its members, and to provide member states with technical and economic aid. -
Escalation
To increase, enlarge, or intensify. -
Gulf of Tonkin
authorized military action in Southeast Asia. were alleged to have attacked without provocation U.S. destroyers that were reporting intelligence information to South Vietnam. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his advisers decided upon immediate air attacks on North Vietnam in retaliation; he also asked Congress for a mandate for future military action. -
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. -
26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age. -
Affirmative Action
an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups and women; also : a similar effort to promote the rights or progress of other disadvantaged persons -
Domino Theory
theory that if one nation becomes Communist-controlled the neighboring nations will also become Communist-controlled. was first developed under the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower. It was argued that if the first domino is knocked over then the rest topple in turn. -
Tet Offensive
named for the lunar new year holiday called Tet. it was a coordinated series of attacks on about 100 cities && towns in South Vietnam. General Vo Nguyen Giap--leader of the PAVN, planned the offensive in an attempt both to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its support of the Saigon regime. -
Roy Benavidez
He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat near Lộc Ninh, South Vietnam on May 2, 1968. he saved the lives of at least eight men during a daring rescue in the jungles near Loc Ninh, Vietnam, and was critically wounded. Benavidez promptly received the Distinguished Service Cross, but President Reagan awarded him the Medal of Honor in 1981. -
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. -
Vietnamization
a U.S. policy during the Vietnam War of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops. -
Draft
a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for compulsory military service). they used this system during the Vietnam war, getting more Amercian Males to fight with America against other countries. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
desicion by th U.S. Supreme Court that defied the consttutional rights of students in U.S. public schools. idea was- that ruling of the 1st Amendment applies to public schools with regards to regulating speech in the classroom -
Title IX
Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools, whether it be in academics or athletics -
War Powers Act
a reaction to the Vietnam War. Congress passed it in 1973 when the United States withdrew from combat operations in Vietnam after more than a decade. War Powers Act says that a president has the latitude to commit troops to combat zones, but, within 48 hours of doing so he must formally notify Congress and provide his explanation for doing so. -
Fall of Saigon
People's Army of North Vietnam began a series of offensives against South Vietnam. they achieved success against the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Commanded by General Van Tien Dung, PAVN forces quickly gained the upper hand against the enemy in early 1975 as he directed assaults against the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. -
Abby Hoffman
a leader of the Youth International Party. At trial, Hoffman described himself as "an orphan of America" and "a child of Woodstock Nation." He was, perhaps, the most intriguing figure in Judge Hoffman's courtroom. Hoffman believed that identity is defined by myth propagated through the media. -
NAFTA
(North American Free Trade Agreement) established a free-trade zone in North America;signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico, and the US and took effect on Jan. 1, 1994. NAFTA immediately lifted tariffs on the majority of goods produced by the signatory nations. It also calls for the gradual elimination, over a period of 15 yrs most remaining barriers to cross-border investment and to the movement of goods and services among the 3. -
Vietnam
officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. its governement is Single-party state, Communist state, Dictatorship, Socialist state. pople look at Vietnam as a place of war, but that is long gone.
