People
Lee Harvey Oswald
JFK’s program to encourage Americans to volunteer in developing countries
Peace Corps
Idea that if one country fell to communism, the neighboring countries would
Domino Theory
Federal draft requirement
Selective Service Act
Poisonous herbicide used by US Army to remove leaves from trees
Agent Orange
1st president born in 20th century; more progressive than the early 1960s Americans were ready for
John F Kennedy
Non-Violent coordinating organization that was integral to the dismantling of segregation; associated with MLK
SCLC - Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Country divided by UN at the 17th parallel to limit spread of communism in SouthEast Asia
Vietnam
Returning the control of the army/government to the South Vietnamese
Vietnamization
Guaranteed healthcare for lower class Americans
Which 1960s president was known for his domestic policies that focused on lifting up low-income Americans through federal funding for education and healthcare
Lyndon Johnson
Supposedly, the conservative majority that Nixon represented who “wanted their country back” from the progressive hippies
Silent Majority
Unconventional warfare; viet cong used this tactic because American military had more supplies and resources
Guerrilla Warfare
Surprise North Vietnamese attack on South Vietnam and US forces; even though it was a US victory in the end, it led to a large # of casualties and mistrust in American government
Tet Offensive
Solidified healthcare for older Americans
Medicare
Elected in 1968; return to law and order; claimed to represent the silent majority of conservative Americans
Formed in the early 1960s for the purpose of advancing civil rights in US
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee or SNCC
Lessening of Cold War tensions
Detente
How did Media/TV Coverage of Vietnam affect the American perception of war
first televised war; changed the way in which Americans viewed the war; made them less favorable toward supporting war
Death of 4 university students at hands of National Guard over Vietnam War protests in 1970
Kent State Massacre
Leader of the Vietnamese Nationalist Movement
Ho Chi Minh
Revolutionary communist guerrilla group in South Vietnam; goal was to reunite North and South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Johnson’s domestic policy that provided a welfare state
Great Society
Break in by the Nixon Committee to Re-Elect the president; caused him to resign
Watergate Scandal
The city our guest speaker's (the Vietnam War refugee) family fled from
Saigon