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War Powers Act
was an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
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Postdam Agreement
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. -
26th Amendment
the states and the federal government from setting a voting age higher than eighteen. -
Domino Theory
if one state in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. -
Anti-War Movement
a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. -
Vietnam
the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. -
OPEC
the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Its mission is to secure a return to oil investors and an economic supply of oil to consumers. -
Escalation
an increase in the intensity of a conflict -
NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. -
Vietnamization
a policy of the Richard M. Nixon administration during the Vietnam War, as a result of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops." -
Draft
When the goverment would pull people into the war weather they wanted to or not. -
Great Society
a set of domestic programs in the United States announced by President Lyndon B. Johnson at Ohio University and subsequently promoted by him and fellow Democrats in Congress in the 1960s. -
Titile IX
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. -
Affirmative Action
refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group "in areas of employment, education, and business". -
Lyndon B. Johnson
the 36th President of the United States, a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States. -
Federal Housing Authority
a United States government agency created as part of the National Housing Act of 1934. It insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying. -
Gulf of Tonkin
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. -
Head Start
a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families. -
Chicano Movement
is an extension of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement which began in the 1940s with the stated goal of achieving Mexican American empowerment. -
Tet Offensive
a military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. -
Roy Benavidez
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 -
Abby Hoffman
a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party. -
Richard Nixon
the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign the office. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
a decision by the United States Supreme Court that defined the constitutional rights of students in U.S. public schools. -
Fall of Saigon
the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975.
