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Counter-culture (hippies)

A movement in the 1960s that rejected traditional values, promoting peace, love, and freedom.

Stagflation

A period of slow economic growth, high unemployment, and rising prices (inflation).

26th Amendment

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in the U.S.

OPEC

A group of oil-producing countries that controls oil prices and supply.

Ho Chi Minh

Communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Embargo

A government order that stops trade with a country.

Geneva Conference

A 1954 meeting that divided Vietnam into North and South.

Camp David Accords

A peace agreement between Israel and Egypt brokered by the U.S. in 1978.

Vietcong

Communist fighters in South Vietnam who opposed the U.S. and South Vietnamese government.

Iran Hostage Crisis

A 1979 event where Iranian revolutionaries held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.

Domino Theory

The belief that if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would follow.

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Gave the U.S. president power to use military force in Vietnam without a formal war declaration.

Napalm

A flammable chemical used in bombs during the Vietnam War.

Agent Orange

A toxic chemical used by the U.S. in Vietnam to destroy forests and crops.

Tet Offensive

A major surprise attack by the Vietcong on U.S. forces in 1968.

Roy Benavidez

A Vietnam War hero who saved fellow soldiers despite being badly wounded.

Credibility gap

Public distrust of the government due to misleading information about the Vietnam War.

Henry Kissinger

U.S. diplomat who helped negotiate peace during the Vietnam War.

Vietnamization

The U.S. policy of slowly withdrawing troops and letting South Vietnam take over the war.

War Powers Resolution

A 1973 law limiting the president’s ability to send troops without Congress’s approval.

Silent majority

A term for Americans who supported the Vietnam War but didn’t protest loudly.

Pentagon Papers

Secret government documents that exposed lies about the Vietnam War.

Environmental Protection Act (EPA)

A 1970 law that created the EPA to protect the environment.

Détente

A period of relaxed tensions between the U.S. and communist countries during the Cold War.

Watergate Scandal

A political scandal that led to President Nixon’s resignation in 1974.

Gerald Ford

The U.S. president who took over after Nixon resigned.