1960s Concepts and Things

Chemical based gasoline that stuck and burned; used by the US troops in Vietnam

Chemical pesticide used to burn the leaves off trees; used by US troops in Vietnam.

documents that exposed manipulation of government, presidency, to sell war to Congress, public.

Step down from office or position; Nixon resigned as president due to the Watergate Scandal.

Surprise attacks with a quick retreat; used by the US in Vietnam.

Nixon's campaign broke into the DNC headquarters; led to Richard Nixon resigning from office.

A wall built to divide the communist East Berlin from the democratic West Berlin

Name that many US soldiers were called after returning for the Vietnam War

ran Nixon's campaign 1972. broke into the DNC headquarters; beginning of the Watergate Scandal.

Nixon's two part plan to end the war.

Belief that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would fall to communism too.

The process of bringing formal charges against the president

The first Soviet Union satellite sent into space

Easing of tension between nations

The Vietnamese New Year

Nickname for the Vietnam War due to the ability to watch the war on television

both sides agreed to a cease fire on January, 30, 1968, but Communist attacked the US

federal agency created due to launch of Sputnik. goal was to put a man on the moon

The act of killing a president or other government official

Demonstrations for or against the Vietnam War

An agreement to stop fighting