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Vietnam War and the

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26th amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
anti-war movement Groups of people angry about the war in Vietnam protested all over the country. San Francisco, New York, Oakland, and Berkeley were all demonstration hubs, especially during the height of the war in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
credibility gap an apparent difference between what is said or promised and what happens or is true.
draft From 1940 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the U.S. Armed Forces that could not be filled through voluntary means.
early 1970's Protesting the war in Vietnam, women's rights, and civil reform.
fall of Saigon The fall of Saigon, was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975.
Geneva Conference The Geneva Conference was a conference that was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War and involved several nations.
Guerilla Tactics Form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of rebels, including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion
Gulf of Tonkin resolution gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam.
media the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the internet)
prisoners of war person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
silent majority older generation (those World War II veterans in all parts of the U.S.) but it also described many young people in the Midwest, West and in the South, many of whom eventually served in Vietnam.
Southeast Asia Chain of islands south east of China that includes Vietnam.
Tet Offensive The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam ( launched a sneak attack on January 30, 1968, against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States Armed Forces and their allies.
Tinker vs. Des Moines High School students in Des Moines Iowa were suspended for protesting the Vietnam War. The school district was sued and lost.
Vietnam War The United States joined with South Vietnam to stop North Vietnam from spreading communism.
Vietnamization Training Vietnamese soldiers to fight on the front lines. This was very unsuccessful.
Protesting the expression of disapproval of or objection to something.
Roy Benavidez He was the first Hispanic American soldier to win the medal of honor.
War Powers act It stipulates the president must notify Congress within 48 hours of military action and prohibits armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days.
Counterculture A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society
Ho Chi Minh Communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnamese war.
Dien Bien Phu Decisive Vietnamese military victory that brought an end to French colonial rule in Vietnam.
War Powers Act congressional resolution designed to limit the U.S. president’s ability to initiate or escalate military actions abroad
Pentagon Papers United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1968.
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