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Vietnam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vietcong | a member of the communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces 1954–75 with the support of the North Vietnamese army and opposed the South Vietnamese and US forces in the Vietnam War. |
| Domino theory | the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries |
| Gulf of Tonkin revolution | DescriptionThe Gulf of Tonkin Resolution or the Southeast Asia Resolution, Pub.L. 88–408, 78 Stat. 384, enacted August 10, 1964, was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident |
| Tet offensive | The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. |
| Roy benavides | DescriptionMaster Sergeant Raul Perez "Roy" Benavidez was a member of the United States Army Special Forces and retired United States Army master sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in combat |
| Vietnamization | the US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam. |
| Credibility gap | an apparent difference between what is said or promised and what happens or is true. |
| 26th amendment | prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old. |
| Kent state massacre | shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre, were the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students in Kent, Ohio, by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970. |
| War powers resolutions | DescriptionThe War Powers Resolution is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States congres |
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