vocabulary
unit 9
Domino Theory
It was the prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s, that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.
Geneva Accords
The Geneva accord These agreements temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones, a northern zone to be governed by the Viet Minh, and a southern zone to be governed by the State of Vietnam, then headed by former emperor Boa Dai.
Napalm
Napalm is a flammable liquid used in warfare. It is a mixture of a gelling agent, and either petroleum or a similar fuel. It was used during the Vietnam war.
Agent Orange
Agent orange is one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971.
Vietcong
The Vietcong was the name given by Western sources to the National Liberation Front during the Vietnam War. They were considered the enemy.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Tonkin resolution was created by President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the international peace and security in southeast Asia.
Hawks
The hawks were a symbol used during the Vietnam war to identify people that were for war.
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces.
Vietnamization
Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops.
Pentagon Papers
Pentagon papers was the name given to a secret Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967, prepared at the request of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967.
War Powers Act
War powers act is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974 when he became the only U.S. president to resign the office.
My Lai Massacre
On the morning of March 16, 1968, they were on a search and destroy mission to root out 48th Viet Cong Battalion thought to be in the area.
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Diem
was a former mandarin of the Nguyen dynasty, a Prime Minister of State of Vietnam led by Bao Dại since 1954.
Prisoners of War
The prisoners of war were returned during Operation Homecoming. During this, 591 POWs were released to U.S. authorities
Body Counts
Body Counts the number of soldiers killed in a specific period or in a particular military action.
Kent State Massacre
A controversial incident in 1970, in which unarmed students demonstrating against United states involvement in the Vietnam War were fired on by panicky troops of the National Guard.
1968
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968. Also it was the most deaths in America.
Counterculture Movement
A protest movement by American youth that arose in the late 1960s and faded during the late 1970s. According to some, young people in the United States were forming a culture of their own, opposed to the culture of Middle America.
Credibility Gap
A Credibility gap is apparent difference between what is said or promised and what happens or is true.
Haight & Ashbury
Height and Ashbury a district of San Francisco, in the central part of the city: a center for hippies and the drug culture in the 1960s.
Hippies
Hippies is a person that lives in the dirt, that has long hair and wears beads, associated with hallucinogenic of drugs.
Doves
Doves were a symbolism of peace towards the Vietnam war. The hippies were more considered doves.
King Riots
King Riots were South Central riots, the 1992 Los Angeles civil disturbance, the 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest, and the Los Angeles uprising.
Draft Dodger
Draft Dodger a person who has avoided compulsory military service.
Tim Leary
Leary was an American psychologist, philosopher, and writer known for advocating the exploration of the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs under controlled conditions.
Commune
A commune is a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities. Hippies often lived in these places.
1968 Democratic Convention
The 1968 Democratic National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois Johnson had announced the Democratic Party's candidate for the office.
Bobby Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy commonly known by his initials RFK, was an American politician from Massachusetts. He served as a Senator for New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968.
Black Power Solute- Olympics 68
The 1968 Olympics Black Power salute was a political demonstration conducted by the African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico.