U.S. policy of technical assistance and economic aid to underdeveloped countries
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Youth Revolt
Young people who participated in the counterculture of the 1960s rejected many of the social, economic, and political values of their parents' generation, introduced greater informality into U.S. culture, and advocated changes in sexual norms
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Vietnam
A communist state in Indochina on the South China Se that achieved independence from France in 1945
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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
An international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact
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Vietcong
Members of the communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces 1954–75 with the support of the North Vietnamese army and opposed the South Vietnamese and US forces in the Vietnam War
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam
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William C. Westmoreland
A United States Army general, most notably commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968
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Body Count
A count of troops killed in an operation or time period
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Women’s Liberation Movement
A diverse social movement, largely based in the United States, that in the 1960s and '70s sought equal rights and opportunities and greater personal freedom for women
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Hippies
Associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s
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Watts Riot
Series of violent confrontations between Los Angeles police and residents of Watts and other predominantly African American neighborhoods of South-Central Los Angeles that began August 11, 1965, and lasted for six days
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Students for a Democratic Society
A national student activist organization in the United States during the 1960s, and was one of the principal representations of the New Left
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Kent State Shootings
The killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970 in Kent, Ohio
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Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975
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Operation Rolling Thunder
U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft engaged in a bombing campaign designed to force Ho Chi Minh to abandon his ambition to take over South Vietnam
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Pleiku
Established by the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) in 1962 at an undeveloped airstrip, and was used by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War
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Tet Offensive
A coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam
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Khe Sanh
District capital of Hướng Hoá District, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam
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My Lai Massacre
The mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by United States troops in Sơn Tịnh District, South Vietnam
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War Powers Resolution
A congressional resolution designed to limit the U.S. president's ability to initiate or escalate military actions abroad
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