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Johnson Vietnamese Torpedo: Resolution, Resolution Put Before The U.S. Congress by President

The document defines several key terms related to the Vietnam War era: 1) Counterculture/Peaceniks refers to opponents of the war who participated in anti-war demonstrations. 2) The Tonkin Gulf Resolution granted President Lyndon Johnson authorization for the escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam in response to alleged attacks on U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. 3) The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a network of paths through jungles and mountains used by North Vietnam to infiltrate troops and supplies into South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos during the war.

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Johnson Vietnamese Torpedo: Resolution, Resolution Put Before The U.S. Congress by President

The document defines several key terms related to the Vietnam War era: 1) Counterculture/Peaceniks refers to opponents of the war who participated in anti-war demonstrations. 2) The Tonkin Gulf Resolution granted President Lyndon Johnson authorization for the escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam in response to alleged attacks on U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. 3) The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a network of paths through jungles and mountains used by North Vietnam to infiltrate troops and supplies into South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos during the war.

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Counterculture/ Peaceniks - an opponent of war; one who participates in antiwar demonstrations Tonkin Gulf Resolution - Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,

also called Tonkin Gulf Resolution, resolution put before the U.S. Congress by President Lyndon Johnson on Aug. 5, 1964, assertedly in reaction to two allegedly unprovoked attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on the destroyers Maddoxand C. Turner Joy of the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the Gulf of Tonkin on August 2 and August 4, respectively. Its stated purpose was to approve and support the determination of the president, as commander in chief, in taking all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression. It also declared that the maintenance of international peace and security in Southeast Asia was vital to American interests and to world peace. Ho Chi Minh Trail - elaborate system of mountain and jungle paths and trails used by North Vietnam to infiltrate troops and supplies into South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos during theVietnam War. MAD - In which the prospect of annihilation for both sides would prevent either side from going nuclear in the event of a conflict. Martin Luther King Jr. - Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. Ney York Times v. Sullivan -

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