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Federal Housing Authority
Loans by the governemnt so people can take loans out on houses. -
Abbie Hoffman
Was a political activist you co-founded the Youth International Party -
War Powers Act of 1941
Gives the president power to send troops in case of an emergency. -
Potsdam Agreement
Allied plan to help rebuild Germany after WW2 -
Domino Theory
Theory that if one country fell to Communism that all the countries around it will. -
Vietnam War
Military conflict in Asia that occured from 1955-1975. -
Escalation
increase in rise in something. In war it could be tension. -
Vietnamization
Nixon's result of the Tet offensive, to train and equip south Veitnam soliders -
Anti War Movement
Was a movement to protest the Vietnam war -
OPEC
Is the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. It's mission is to secure a return to oil investors and an econmic supply of oil to it's consumers. -
Chicano Movement
Extension of the Mexican American's Civil Rights Movement -
Affirmative Action
Policies that take race, color, gender, redligion, etc into consideration in order to benefit a group. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President of the United States -
Great Society
Was supposed to mix poverty and racial profiling in the U.S. -
Gulf of Tonkin
Were multiple sea battles in Vietnam. -
Tet Offensive
Norht Vietnam launched violent attacks on South Korean and American soliders. -
Roy Benavidez
Was a member of the United States Army. Recieved the Medal of Honor for his actions in the war. -
Richard Nixon
Was the 37th president of the United States. Was the only president to resign from office. -
Tinker vs Des Moines
Court case where they had to choose if a school's discipinary action's violate students ' Fist Amendment rights. -
Draft
The U.S. had a "draft" for people over the age of 18. -
26th Amendment
Changed the voting age to 18 -
Title IX
No person in the U.S. shall be excluded based on their gender -
Fall of Saigon
Marked the end of the Vietnam war -
Head Start
The U.S. provides health, education, nutrition, and parent involvement to low-income children. -
NAFTA
Is an agreement signed by the U.S, Canada, and Mexico, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America.