UNIT 9 VOCAB
KATELYNN FUENTES
DOMINO THEORY
THE IDEA THAT IF ONE NATION FELL TO CONTROL OF COMMUNISTS, OTHERS WOULD RESULT IN FOLLOWING;
GENEVA ACCORDS
TEN SEPARATE DOCUMENTS THAT OUTLINED MILITARY AGREEMENTS, DECLARATIONS FROM THE PARTIES PRESENT, AND A PLAN FOR ELECTIONS IN VIETNAM
NAPALM
A FLAMMABLE LIQUID MIXTURE OF A GELLING AGENT USED IN WARFARE
AGENT ORANGE
POWERFUL HERBICIDE AND DEFOLIANT USED BY THE US MILITARY TO ELIMINATE FORESTS
VIETCONG
A GUERRILLA MEMBER OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZED PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY MEASURES TO RETALIATE AND PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL PEACE
HAWKS
THOSE IN FAVOR OF WAR
TET OFFENSIVE
SERIES OF MAJOR ATTACKS BY COMMUNIST FORCES IN VIETNAM WAR
VIETNAMIZATION
US POLICY OF WITHDRAWING ITS TROOPS AND TRANSFERRING THE RESPONSIBILITY AND DIRECTION OF THE WAR EFFORT TO THE GOV OF SOUTH VIETNAM
PENTAGON PAPERS
REVEALED THAT HARRY S TRUMAN GAVE MILITARY AID TO FRANCE IN THEIR WAR AGAINST THE COMMUNISTS AND THAT THE US WAS INVOLVED WITH VIETNAM
WAR POWERS ACT
THE PRES MUST NOTIFY CONGRESS WITHIN 48 HRS UPON SENDING TROOPS INTO MILITARY ACTION
RICHARD NIXON
37TH PRES AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR
MY LAI MASSACRE
MASS KILLING OF HELPLESS CIVILIANS CARRIED OUT BY US TROOPS
HO CHI MINH
COMMUNIST VIET LEADER AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF NORTH VIETNAM
DIEM
LED SOUTH VIETNAM WITH HELP OF US GOV SUPPORT WHEN HE WAS ASSASSINATED ALONGSIDE HIS BROTHER IN A MILITARY COUP
PRISONERS OF WAR
US STATED ABOUT 1,350 AMERICANS AS P.O.W. OR M.I.A AND ABOUT 1,200 AMERICANS REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION OR BODY NOT RECOVERED
BODY COUNTS
THE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS KILLED IN A SPECIFIC PERIOD OR MILITARY ACTION
KENT STATE MASSACRE
UNARMED STUDENTS PROTESTING THE BOMBING OF CAMBODIA BY US MILITARY FORCES
1968
YEAR OF MANY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE VIETNAM WAR. TET OFFENSIVE BECAME THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR.
COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT
SUBCULTURE OF HIPPIES WHOSE VALUES AND BEHAVIORS DIFFER FROM THOSE WHO ARE MAINSTREAM IN SOCIETY
CREDIBILITY GAP
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS BEING SAID AND WHAT IS THE TRUTH
HAIGHT & ASHBURY
DISTRICT IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA AKA EPICENTER FOR THE HIPPIES
HIPPIES
MEMBER OF COUNTERCULTURE WHO REJECTED VALUES AND EXPRESSED THEMSELVES WITH CLOTHING, HEADBANDS, DRUGS, THE OUTDOORS, ETC.
DOVES
THOSE NOT IN FAVOR OF WAR
KING RIOTS
ANTI VIETNAM WAR PROTESTS AFTER MLK'S ASSASSINATION
DRAFT DODGER
SOMEONE WHO ILLEGALLY EVADES THE DRAFT
TIM LEARY
EARLY ADVOCATE OF LSD EXPERIMENTATION
COMMUNE
A GROUP OF PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER WHO HAVE THE SAME POSSESSIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1968 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
IN CHICAGO, PROTESTERS BATTLE AGAINST POLICE WHILE THE DEM PARTY FALLS APART OVER A DISAGREEMENT ON THEIR STANCE ON VIETNAM
BOBBY KENNEDY
SERVED UNDER HIS BROTHER JFK AND SUCCESSOR LBJ, ALSO ASSASSINATED
BLACK POWER SALUTE
POLITICAL DEMONSTRATION BY AFRICAN AMERICAN ATHLETES TOMMIE SMITH AND JOHN CARLOS DURING THEIR MEDAL CEREMONY OF THE 1986 OLYMPICS