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| New Left | Youth-dominated political movement of the 1960s, embodied in such organizations as Students for a Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement. |
| Students for a Democratic Society | An antiestablishment New Left group, founded in 1960, that called for greater individual freedom and responsibility. |
| Free Speech Movement | An antiestablishment New Left organization that orginiated in a 1964 clash between students and administrators at the University of California at Berkeley. |
| Dove | A person who opposed the Vietnam War and believed that the United States should withdraw from it. |
| Hawk | A person who supported U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and believed that the United States should use increased military force to win it. |
| Tet offensive | A massive suprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities early in 1968. |
| Clark Clifford | A secretary of defense appointed by Johnson who concluded that the war was unwinable. |
| Robert Kennedy | A senator sought after by the Democratic party as a candidate to challenge Johnson in the 1968 presidental primary election who refused to run on account of party loyalty. |
| Eugene McCarthy | A senator who agreed to run against Johnson on an antiwar platform. |
| Hubert Humphrey | Johnsons Vice President who was nominated by the Democratic National convention as candidate for the 1968 election. |
| George Wallace | A racist, champion of school segregation and states' rights who ran in the 1968 election on the American Independent ballot. |
