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Stufflet APUSH U8P3

Unit 8--Part 3-- APUSH

TermDefinition
Woodstock music festival in 1969 that represented the counterculture
Fulgencio Batista Cuban dictator supported by the US in the 1950s
Fidel Castro Cuban dictator supported by Soviet Union after he led a revolution in 1959
Bay of Pigs failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 situation in which Soviets attempted to place nuclear missiles on Cuba
military-industrial complex term created by Eisenhower that described weapons makers and military influence on US foreign policy
mutual assured destruction term that referred to idea that a nuclear attack by one nation would result in the destruction of both nations
Ho Chi Minh communist-nationalist leader of Vietnamese
domino theory idea that if one country in southeast Asia was allowed to fall to communists, others would soon follow
Vietcong Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution used by Lyndon Johnson to expand the war in Vietnam
Rolling Thunder code name for saturation bombing of Vietnam by US Air Force
napalm gelatinous material used to burn off canopy of trees in Vietnam
My Lai massacre murder of app. 350-400 South Vietnamese civilians by US forces; turned many Americans against the Vietnam War
Tet massive 1968 offensive by Vietcong; resulted in public opinion in US turning against war
War Powers Act says President can only send troops for 90 days—after which he or she must get Congress to approve or declare war
Muhammed Ali boxer who refused military draft because of racial inequities in US society and military
Kent State famous college protest of Vietnam War; Ohio National Guard kills 4 student protesters on college campus
New Left Young liberals who believed traditional Democrats weren't fighting racial and economic inequalities enough
Students for a Democratic Society student group that wrote Port Huron Statement; believed in greater democracy, more civil rights, and more equitable distribution of wealth
counterculture Nickname for group that rebelled against social mainstream; most represented by "hippie" movement
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