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Vietnam War #3
vocuabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Resolution adopted by Congress in 1964, giving the president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam |
| napalm | Gasoline based substance used in bombs that US planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts |
| Agent Orange | Toxic leaf killing chemical sprayed by US planes in Vietnam to expose Vietcong hideouts |
| Search and destroy missions | US raid on a South Vietnamese village, intended to root out villagers with ties to the Vietcong |
| Creddibility gap | Pubic distrust o statements made by the government |
| New Left | Youth dominated political movement of the 1960s, embodied in such organizations as Students for a Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement |
| Students for a Democratic Society | Anti-establishment New Left group, founded in 1960, that called for greater individual freedom and responsibility |
| Free Speech Movement | Anti-establishment New Left organization that originated in a 1964 clash between students and administrators at the University of California at Berkeley |
| Tet Offensive | Massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities early in 1968 |
| Vietnamization | President Nixon's strategy for ending US involvement in the Vietnam War, involving the gradual withdrawal of US troops and their replacement with South Vietnamese forces |
| Silent Majority | Name given by President Nixon to the moderate, mainstream Americans who quietly supported his Vietnam War policies |
| My Lai | Village in northern South Vietnam where more than 200 unarmed civilians, including women and children, were massacred by US troops in May 1968. |
| Kent State Universtiy | Ohio university where National Guardsmen opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War on May 4, 1970, wounding nine and killing four |
| Pentagon Papers | 7,000 page document leaked to the press in 1971 by the former Defense Department worker Daniel Ellsberg - revealing that the US government had not been honest about its intentions in the Vietnam War |
| War Powers Act | Law enacted in 1973 limiting a president's right to send troops into battle without consulting Congress |
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