The Vietnam War Years

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Students for a Democratic Society

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Members of SDS protested the draft, as well as companies that made weapons used in Vietnam

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Hippies

Back 2

Members of this counterculture emphasized individual freedom, nonviolence, and communal sharing

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Richard Nixon

Back 3

He won the presidential election -Republican

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Henry Kissinger

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Nixon's national security advisor

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Vietnamization

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A plan to pull U.S. troops from Vietnam and have the South Vietnamese Army take over all the fighting

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Pentagon Papers

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Secret government documents revealed that U.S. officials had been lying to the American public about the progress of the war for years

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Twenty-Sixth Amendment

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Ratified in 1971, lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18.

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Paris Peace Accords

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On January 27, 1973, the United States agreed to withdraw troops from Vietnam ; They signed a cease-fire (with representatives of North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the Vietcong

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War Powers Act

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This Act requires the president to get congressional approval before committing U.S. troops to an armed struggle

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Vietnam Veteran Memorial

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Memorial of black granite, lists the names of dead or missing American soldiers