The War Ends

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The War Ends

• 19.4

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A. Nixon Expands the War

• 1968 Pledge to end the war with honor
• Vietnamization
• Laos Cambodia

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B. Increasing Protests

• Kent State
• Antiwar Movement
• Radical Protestors
• My Lai Massacre
• Pentagon Papers

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C. End of the War

• Election of 1972
• George McGovern
• Paris Peace Accords signed in 1973
• April 29, 1975

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D. Legacy of Vietnam

• Southeast Asia
• Vietnam
• Cambodia
• Effects on Veterans
• Political Impact
• Vietnam Memorial