Section 3 Flashcards
Members of _____ protested the drafts, as well as companies that made weapons used in Vietnam
Students for a Democratic Society known as SDS
Members of this counterculture emphasized individual freedom, nonviolence, and communal sharing
Hippies
Promised to restore order to American society and bring βpeace with honorβ to Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
He was Nixonβs national security adviser
Henry Kissinger
A plan to pull U.S. troops from Vietnam and have the South Vietnamese Army take over all the fighting
Vietnamization
Which was ratified in 1971, lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18
Twenty-sixth Amendment
Which requires the president to get congressional approval before committing U.S. troops to an armed struggle.
War Powers Act
Designed by Maya Ying Lin, the black granite memorial lists the name of dead or missing American soldiers
Vietnam Veterans Memorial