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| Vietnamization | President Nixon's strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, involving the gradual withdrawl of U.S. troops and their replacement with South Vietnamese forces. |
| Silent Majority | A name given by President Richard Nixon to moderate, mainstream Americans who quietly supported his Vietnam War policies. |
| Pentagon Papers | A 7,000-page document--leaked to the press in 1971 by the former Defense Department worker Daniel Ellsberg--revealing that the U.S. government had not been honest about its intentions in the Vietnam War. |
| Henry Kissinger | Nixon's adviser for national security who headed peace negotiations in Vietnam. |
| Khmer Rouge | A Communist group that seized power in Cambodia in 1975. |
| War Powers Act | A law established in 1973, limiting a president's right to send troops into battle without consulting congress. |
| Cesar Chavez | An activist who unionized farm workers in the National Farm Workers Association. |
| United Farm Workers Organizing Commitee | A labor union formed in 1966 to seek higher wages and better working conditions for Mexican-American farm workers in California. |
| American Indian Movement | A frequently militant organization that was formed in 1968 to work for Native American rights. |
| La Raza Unida | A Latino political organization founded in 1970 by Jose Angel Gutierrez. |
