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04/11/2011

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alger hiss
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a spy for the communist and convicted of perjury
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commercial jet travel
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planes faster than usual
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dwight d eisenhower
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leader of allied forces in world war 2 and promoted business and continued social programs
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elvis presley
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an American singer and actor, he was a cultural icon and is popularly thought of as the King of Rock and Roll.
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fallout shelter
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an enclosed space specially designed to protect occupants from radioactive debris or from a nuclear blast.
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harry s truman
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the 33rd U.S. President from 1945-1953, taking over after Franklin D. Roosevelt died.
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hollywood blacklist
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a list of people that where lied on people said they were communist
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huac
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The House Un-American Activities Committee. It was created in 1938 to investigate alleged communistic disloyalty
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julius and ethel rosenberg
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They were Jewish American communists who were executed in 1953 after having been found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage.
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military industrial complex
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a phrase used to signify a comfortable relationship between parties that are charged to manage wars
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nasa
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which deals with researching space and the universe around us
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national defense education act
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provided $887 million over four years for education that could support national security
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national highway act
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program to reduce the death toll on the nation's roads
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national security act
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realigned and reorganized the U.S. Armed Forces, foreign policy, and Intelligence Community apparatus in the aftermath of World War II.
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pop culture
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a widely accepted group of practices or customs
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selective service act
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an act that tried to get more people to sign up to possibly get drafted for war
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sputnik
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the first satellite, launched by the Soviets in 1957
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white collar jobs
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male professional jobs usually shirt and tie
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blue collar jobs
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construction and hard hat jobs usually for men
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pink collar jobs
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basically female jobs
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24 amendment
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The right of citizens of the US to vote in any primary or other election f/ President or Vice President
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affirmative action
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the encouragement of increased representation of women and minority-group members.
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black panthers
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a progressive political organization that stood in the movement for social change in America
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black power movement
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led by groups such as the Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam fighting for equal rights and protected whats theirs
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brown vs board
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dismantled the legal basis for racial segregation in schools
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c.o.r.e
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An organization fighting for the rights of racial equality for all people.
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civil rights act of 1964
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prohibited discrimination in public places, and stopped integration in schools
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earl warren
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investigated kennedy's assassination
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freedom riders
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a group of people, both black and white, who were civil rights activists from the North
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george wallace
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focused his campaign on issues of blue collar anger in the north and racial tension
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james meredith
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was the first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962.
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little rock nine
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9 Black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, AR
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malcolm x
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a civil rights leader, known for his more aggressive policies for African American nationalism
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march on washington
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Attended by some 250,000 people, it was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital, and one of the first to have extensive television coverage.
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mlk jr
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used nonviolent means to get his point across
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montgomery bus boycotts
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when african americans stop using public transportation to prove a point
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rosa parks
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civil rights worker who was arrested for not moving for a white male to sit down
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s.n.c.c
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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sit-ins
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when people went to segregated restauraunts and sat at the counters and asked for menus and if they didnt get one they stayed sitting there
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stokley carmichael
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a member of the Freedom Riders
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thurgood marshall
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first african american supreme court justice
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voting rights act of 1965
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It outlawed discriminatory voting practices. It helped get African Americans the right to vote
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1968 democratic national convention
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`there were a lot of war protests during the convention
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1968 election
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Former Vice President Richard Nixon won the 1968 election over the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey
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american indian movement
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AIM has been committed to improving conditions faced by native peoples and they are still around today
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betty friedan
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became the first president of the National Organization for Women.
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beatles
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a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England,members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison
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calculator
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usually inexpensive electronic device used to perform the basic operations of arithmetic
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cesar chavez
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founded and led the first successful farm workers' union in U.S
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clean air act
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federal legislation designed to regulate and reduce air pollution in the United States.
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color television
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began commercial broadcasting, authorized by the FCC on Dec. 17
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counterculture
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a way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm
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gloria steinem
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women rights leader and founder of ms magazine
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great society
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Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the elimination of poverty and racial injustice.
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haight-ashbury
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the area that defined the sixties with its hippy drug culture and rock and roll
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head start
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a program to help children, from birth to 5 years, get ready for Kindergarten
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hud
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increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing.
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hydrogen bombs
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a highly destructive bomb that works by the nuclear fusion of deuterium
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icbm
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a melodic death metal band from St. Charles, Illinois
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jfk
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known for his firm handling of the cuban missile crisis
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john gleen
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an Officer of United States Marines with the rank of Major before chosen to become part of the Mercury 7 program
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lyndon johnson
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was the thirty-sixth President of the United States
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medicare
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federal health insurance prog for individuals age 65 and older
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national organization for women
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the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States.
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neil armstrong
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the first man on the moon
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new frontier
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In the campaign President Kennedy spoke of moving aggressively into the new decade, for the New Frontier is here whether we seek it or not.
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new left
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associated with college campus protest movements of class-based oppression.
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peace corps
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a volunteer organization that travels around the world doing work to help interested countries
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robert kennedy
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a U.S.senator and the attorney general in the presidential administration
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space programs
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a technological program intended to explore outer space
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stonewall riots
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was a riot that came from a police raid on the Stonewall Inn,a popular hang-out for gays in Greenwich in 1969
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students for a democratic society
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an association of young people of the left
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vista
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a series of campaigns on issues
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woodstock
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A 3-day rock concert in 1969. It was billed as An Aquarian Exposition
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The Feminine Mystique
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written by Betty Friedan and first published in 1963, sparked a national debate about women's roles
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26 amendment
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limited the minimum voting age to no more than 18
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agent orange
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a powerful herbicide and defoliant containing trace amounts of dioxin, a toxic impurity suspected
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dien bien phu 1954
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it was the end of French military influence in Asia
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fall of saigon
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was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the North Vietnamese Army on April 30, 1975
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william westmoreland
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the commanding General for all US forces in Vietnam during the Nixon era.
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gulf of tonkin resolution
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a congressional resolution passed in 1964 that authorized military action in Southeast Asia.
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ho chi minh
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a complex web of different jungle paths that enabled communist troops to travel from North
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kent state massacre
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US National Guard fired into a crowd of student demonstrators, killing 4 and wounding 9
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my lai incident
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a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers
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napalm
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- a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc
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new york times vs US
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became known as the Pentagon Papers Case
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operation rolling thunder
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a frequently interrupted bombing campaign from 1965 to 1968 during the Vietnam War
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paris peace accords
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was the agreement on that ended the war in Vietnam, It was signed in Paris on January 17, 1973
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pentagon papers
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a top-secret Department of Defense history of United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam.
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robert mcnamara
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an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, he served as a member of EXCOMM and played a large role in the Administration's handling and eventual defusing of the crisis.
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tet offensive
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a military campaign conducted between 30 January and 23 September 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong
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vietcong
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a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War
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vietnamization
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a U.S. policy during the Vietnam War of giving the S. Vietnamese government
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war powers act 1973
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a US federal law providing that the President can send U.S. armed forces into action abroad only by authorization of Congress or if the United States is already under attack or serious threat.
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