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Vietnamization |
Military strategy launched by richard nixon in 1969. The plan reduced the number of american combat troops and left more of the fighting to the south vietmanese, who where supplied with american armor,tanks,and weaponry |
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Nixon doctrine |
President nixon's plan for peace with honor in vietnam |
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Silent majority |
Nixons administration's term to describe generally content, law abiding middle-class americans who supported both the vietnam war and americas institutions |
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My lai massacre |
Military assualt in a small Vietnamese village on march 16th, 1968 in which american soilders under the command of 2LT william calley murdered hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, |
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Kent state university |
Massacre of four college students by national guardsmen on may 4,1970 |
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Pentagon papers |
Secret U.S goverment report detailing early planning and policy decisions regarding the vietnam war under presidents Kennedy and Johnson |
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Detente |
From french for reduced tension the period of cold war thawing when the united states and the the soviet union discussed armaments reduction treaties |
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Miranda warning |
A statement of an arrested persons rights |
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Philadelphia plan |
Program established by richard nixon to require construction unions to hire more black apprentices |
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EPA |
A goverment agency that is over matters that affect the enviroment |
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Earth day |
International day of celebration and awareness of global enviromental issues |
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Southern strategy |
Nixon reelection campaign srategy to conservative whites in the historically democratic south |
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War powers act |
Law passed by congress in 1973 limiting the presidents ability to wage war without congressional approval |
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Watergate |
Series of scandals that resulted in president nixons resignation in august 1974 amidst phone calls for his impeachment |
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"Smoking gun" tape |
Recording made in the oval office in june 1972 that proved conclusively that nixon knew about the watergate scandal and endeavored to cover it up |
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ERA |
This amendment declared full constitutional equality for women |
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Roe v wade |
Landmark supreme court decision that forbade states from barring abortion citing womens constitutional right to privacy |
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Malaise speech |
National address by jimmy carter in july 1979 that chided american consumerism and urged a communal spirit in the face of economic hardships |
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SALT 2 |
Arms reduction treaty between the soviet union and the us |
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Iranian hostage crisis |
The 444 days,from november 1979 january 1981 in which which american embassy workers were held hostage by Iranian revolutionaries |
