Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - After reported attacks against U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin, Congress issued this resolution in 1964, which allowed the president to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war., Credibility Gap - During the Vietnam War, many Americans came to doubt official reports by U.S. official about progress in the war, Tet Offensive - In January 1968, on the Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet), North Vietnamese and Vietcong (South Vietnamese communist) forces attacked towns and cities across South Vietnam. The massive attack was repelled but it undermined U.S. officials' assertions (confidence) that the enemy was near defeat., Vietnamization - President Nixon's policy to draw down American troops from Vietnam by turning over more of the fighting to the South Vietnamese military, Twenty-Sixth Amendment - Ratified in 1971, set the voting age at eighteen nationwide, Pentagon Papers - A series of secret reports leaked to the press that detailed American military actions in Vietnam and demonstrated that the government had misled the public, War Powers Act - 1973, require that, whenever possible, the president consult with congress before committing troops overseas,

Part 2 - JFK, LBJ, and Vietnam

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