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chapter 11 section 3
Term | Definition |
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counterculture | movement of mostly young Americans who had become disillusioned with the Vietnam war and injustices in society |
doves | U.S. Citizens who supported the Vietnam war |
hawks | U.S. citizens who supported the Vietnam war |
Richard Nixon | strategy for withdrawing U.S. troops and turning the ground fighting over to South Vietmanese |
Cambodia | Country boarding Vietnam |
Commune | a place where people or families live together and share everything |
Twenty-sixth amendment | constitutional amendment passed in 1971 that lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 |
War powers Act | legislation passed in 1973 to limit the presidents war-making powers |
ambush | an unexpected attack from a hidden position |