Us history vietnam war

New Frontiers, Familiar Enemies

  • Federal Housing Authority

    Federal Housing Authority

    The Federal Housing Administration is a United States government agency created as part of the National Housing Act of 1934
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    New Frontiers, Familar Enemies

  • Potsdam Agreement

    Potsdam Agreement

    Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate terms for the end of World War II
  • Domino Theory

    Domino Theory

    Domino Theory is a theory that if one nation becomes Communist the surrounding nations will also become Communist.
  • Vietnam

    Vietnam

    The Vietnam War was a military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The war was fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries
  • Escalation

    Escalation

    Escalation is the process of increasing or rising
  • Draft

    Draft

    The draft is when the government takes men and send them to the army. The United States discontinued the draft in 1973.
  • Chicano Movement

    Chicano Movement

    The Chicano Movement began in 1960 Mexican-merican barrios throughtout the zsouthwest as artists began using the wlls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict and celebrate Mexican-American culture.
  • OPEC

    OPEC

    The OPEC is the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
  • Affirmative Action

    Affirmative Action

    The Affirmative Action was a police enacted to right the wrongs of the discrimination of the past by increasing representation in employment and education for minorties and women
  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    Lyndon B. Johnson

    Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States. He served in all four elected federal offices of the United States.
  • Anti-War Movement

    Anti-War Movement

    The Anti-War movement is a movement of wich people protest against the US involvment in a war. Opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began slowly in 1964 but increased dramatically over time.
  • Great Society

    Great Society

    The Great Society was a set of domestic programs announced by President Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Gulf of Tonkin

    Gulf of Tonkin

    The Gulf of Tonkin incident was a false accusation of President LBJ. He said that the US Navy got attacked by Vietnam.
  • Head Start

    Head Start

    The Head Start Program is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides education, health, nutrition, and parent services to low-income families.
  • Abbie Hoffman

    Abbie Hoffman

    Abbie Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party (Yippies). During the Vietnam War, Hoffman was an anti-war activist.
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    The Tet Offensive was a surprise attack from the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
  • Roy Benavidez

    Roy Benavidez

    Roy Benavidez was a member of the Studies and Observations Group of the United States Army and received the metal of honor for his survice in South Vietnam
  • Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and was the only president to resign the office.
  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    Tinker v. Des Moines

    The Tinker v. Des Moines ruling stated that freedom of speech and free expression were rights protected for students in U.S. public schools.
  • Vietnamization

    Vietnamization

    Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard M. Nixon administration during the Vietnam War that was aimed at ending American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam.
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment

    The 26th Amendment sets the voting age to eighteen
  • Title IX

    Title IX

    Title IX makes it illegal to deny participation in activities funded with federal funds on the basis of gender
  • War Powers Act

    War Powers Act

    The War Powers Act is a federal law to check the President's power to involve the United States to a war without the permission of Congress
  • Fall of Saigon

    Fall of Saigon

    The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front
  • NAFTA

    NAFTA

    The North American Free Trade Agreement is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trade bloc in North America.