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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. -
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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. -
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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 Lộc Ninh, South Vietnam on May 2, 1968. -
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Abby Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party. -
War Powers Act
Increased federal power during WW2. -
Potsdam Agreement
The Allied (UK, US, USSR) plan of tripartite military occupation and reconstruction of Nazi Germany and the entire European Theatre of War territory. -
Domino Theory
The idea that if one country fell to communism more would too like a line of domino's. -
Escalation
Increasing. -
Vietnam
Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. Also a place where the Vietnam War was held. -
Great Society
gave americans the option of wellfare, food stamps, etc. -
Chicano Movement
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. -
OPEC
Put embarggos on US oil ships. -
Affirmative Action
Was a way to appologize to minorities and weman to give them better oppertunity. -
Gulf of Tonkin
The fight between north vietnam and the US. -
Federal Housing Authority
When the governmaent helped people pay for their houses. -
Head Start
Helped poverty struct people get back on their feet. -
Anti-War Movement
American citizens protested against the war. -
Tet Offensive
TV coverage of the war gave movement to this. -
Vietnamization
Turning over the south vietnamise government responsibility for waging the conflict. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Re-enforced that kids right of free speech was still in act in the classrooms. -
Draft
When the US forced some menthat ere 18-21 to fight in the vietnam war. -
26th Amendment
Gave 18byear olds the right to vote in the US. -
Title IX
No descrimination againt different genders. -
Fall of Saigon
When the last US helicopter left vietnm to try to tske everyone out of the country to try to take everyone away from comunisim. -
NAFTA
Set rules and regulations for international warfare.
