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Unit 9 Vocab FALL 17
Unit 9 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Objector | a person who refuses, on moral grounds, to participate in warfare |
Domino Theory | idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control |
Credibility Gap | term used to describe the credibility of LBJ and his advisers in regards to the 1960's culture and Vietnam War. |
Deferment | temporary exemption from military service for multiple reasons. |
Guerrilla Warfare | unconventional fighting using the element of surprise on the enemy. |
Vietnamization | President Nixon’s strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, involving the gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops and their replacement with South Vietnamese forces |
Counterculture | the culture of the young people who rejected mainstream American society in the 1960s, seeking to create an alternative society based on peace, love, and individual freedom |
Feminism | the belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men |
de jure segregation | segregation by law |
de facto segregation | segregation that exists by practice and custom |