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Unit 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Domino Theory | idea that if a nation falls to communism its closet neighbors will also fall under communist control |
| Dien Bien Phu | battle where Ho Chi Minh led forces and overthrew the French in Vietnman |
| SEATO | defense alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in the Asia |
| Vietcong | south Vietnamese communist forces rebels that waged a guerilla war against the government of South Vietnam throughout the Vietnam war |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | 1964 congressional resolution that authorized President Johnson to commit US troops to South Vietnam and fight a war against North Vietnam |
| Napalm | jellied gasoline dropped in large canisters that explode on impact and cover large areas in flames-dropped by US government during the Vietnam War |
| Hawk | a person who supports US involvement in the Vietnam War |
| Dove | a person who opposes US involvement in the Vietnam War |
| Draftee | a young American man drafted into military service during the Vietnam War |
| Students for a Democratic Society | organization founded in 1960 at U of M to fight racism and poverty |
| Tet Offensive | coordinated communist assault on a large number of South Vietnamese cities in early 1968 |
| Credibility Gap | the American public's growing distrust of the statements made by the US government during the Vietnam War |
| Vietnamization | President Nixon's plan for gradual withdraw of US forces as South Vietnamese troops assumed more combat duties |
| Kent State University Event | demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at National Guard members, shots were fired and 4 people were killed |
| My Lai Massacre | village in South Vietnam where in 1968 American forces opened fire on unarmed civilians:400-500 were killed |
| Pentagon Paper | classified US government study that revealed American leaders intentionally involved the US in Vietnam without full informing the American people:leaked to the NY Times in 1971 |
| Pairs Peace Accords | 1973 peace agreement between the US, the Vietcong, South and North Vietnam that effectively ended the Vietnam War |
| War Powers Act | 1973 law passed by Congress restricting the president's war making powers: the law requires the President to consult with Congress within 48 hours of committing American forces to a foreign conflict |
| Realpolitik | a foreign policy promoted by Henry Kissinger during the Nixon Administration based on concrete national interests instead of abstract ideologies |
| Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty | 1972 treaty between the US and Soviet Union that froze the deployment of intercontinental ballistic missiles and place limits on anti ballistic missiles |
| Détente | flexible diplomacy adopted by Richard Nixon that sought to ease tensions between the US, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China |
| Counterculture | movement that upheld values different from those of mainstream culture |
| Generation Gap | lack of understanding and communication between older and younger members of society |
| The Beatles | popular band from England that came to the US in 1941 |
| Commune | small communities where people share resources |
| Haight-Ashbury | district of San Francisco-center of the counterculture |
| Feminism | theory that men and women should have political, social and economic equality |
| National Organization for Women | organization established by Betty Friedan to combat discrimination against women in the workplace and education |
| Equal Rights Amendment | proposed amendment to the Constitution that guarantees gender equality |
| Roe v. Wade | court case that allowed legal abortion |
| Title IX | act passed to give more opportunity to women in higher education and sports |
| Migrant Farmworker | person who travels from farm to farm and sometimes from state to state to pick fruit and vegetables |
| United Fam Workers | labor union of farmworkers that used nonviolent tactics including a workers strikes and a consumer boycott of table grapes |
| Chicano Movement | movement that focused on raising Mexican American consciousness |
| American Indian Movement | group that focused on helping Indians including the securing of legal rights, land, and self-government for Native Americans |
| Toxic Waste | poisonous byproducts of human activity |
| Earth Day | annual event of environmental activism and protest begun in 1970 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | government agency committed to cleaning up and protecting the enviornment |
| Clean Air Act | act passed in 1970 that lessened air pollution by limiting the emissions from factories and automobiles |
| Clean Water Act | 1973 law that restricted the pollution of water by industry and agriculture |
| Endangered Species Act | law passed in 1973 with the purpose of protecting endangered plants and animals |
| Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese who led the revolution against the French in Vietnam and the North Vietnamese troops in the Vietnam war |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | US president who put troops in Vietnam |
| Robert Kennedy | governor who ran for President in 1968 and was killed by Sirhan Sirhan |
| Richard Nixon | won the 1968 presidential election invited to china and the soviet union |
| Dr. Henry Kissinger | Nixon's national security advisor-proposed realpolitik |
| J. Joplin & J. Hendrix | leaders of the counterculture that died of drug overdose |
| Gloria Steinem | American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist, leader of the the feminist movement |
| Phyllis Schlafly | lawyer and opposer of the feminist movement |
| Cesar Chavez | migrant worker who founded the UFW |
| Rachel Carson | author of "Silent Spring" |
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