Who is president after JFK is assassinated in 1963

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Who is president after JFK is assassinated in
1963?
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VII. Cold War Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Military build-up in Vietnam intensified to
500,000 by 1967
What is the objective in Vietnam?
CONTAINMENT Problem? U.S. sponsored govt not
popular in democratic South
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Challenges U.S. soldiers face in Vietnam?
Vietcong within civilian population (friend or
foe???) Tunnels allow Vietcong to
disappear Traps and land mines Vietcong
supported by Soviets and China, and ready to pay
any price for victory- independence
How is fighting technique of Vietcong similar to
Patriots during the American Revolution??
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U.S. approach in Vietnam?
Search and Destroy missions Body
Count- (tracking Vietcong killed as
progress) Problem(s) U.S. wins in field,
but cannot force defeat U.S. soldiers kill
civilians in search for Vietcong- Unclear number
of enemies?
Napalm- gasoline based bombs
Agent Orange- defoliate jungles
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Americans Protest War Dodging draft America
views Vietnam as Civil War- question morality of
combat techniques College Campuses
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Turning Point Tet Offensive- January 30, 1968
Vietcong launch series of surprise attacks in
South Vietnam during new year festivities (TET)
U.S. takes back cities, kill 32,000 Vietcong.but
Tet proves that enemy is not prepared to
surrender. Quagmire
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What is happening in this picture?
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1968, 60 of Americans disapprove of
LBJs handling of Vietnam
LBJ announces he will not seek another term as
president.
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VII. Cold War Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon promises an honorable end to
Vietnam How??? Vietnamization- withdrawing
American troops while maintaining military aid to
South Vietnam.
Détente- policy of easing Cold War tensions 1972,
Nixon visits China (takes advantage of rift
between Soviets and Chinese)
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1974 Nixon resigns after Watergate
Scandal- covering up burglary of
Democratic National Committee headquarters
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VIII. Cold War Gerald Ford
My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare
is over. Our Constitution works our great
Republic is a government of laws and not of men.
Here the people rule.
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Vietnamization fails (1975)- South Vietnam
surrenders to North Vietnam. Communists unite
Vietnam as one country, Saigon is renamed Ho Chi
Minh city.
Americans and Vietnamese flee as Saigon falls
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American Soldiers Return Home
American Veterans return to face hostility from
those who opposed Vietnam 15 soldiers who
served continued to suffer post-traumatic
stress- nightmares, headaches, memory lapses
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Vietnam Aftermath Lessons to Remember
People today question if U.S. learned the
lessons of Vietnam (Vietnam Syndrome)
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1982 Vietnam vets honored for service 58,000
names on the Wall in D.C.
Designed by 21 yr old Maya Ying Lin
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1995 U.S. extends full diplomatic Relations to
Vietnam Let this moment be a time to heal and
a time to build. Clinton
Douglas Peterson named ambassador (former POW
for 6 years in Hanoi prison)
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VIII. Cold War Ends New Leadership
Mikhail Gorbachev (1985) Internal
Problems -Increased military expense -Rise of
nationalism -Fast paced reform (market
economy) -Economic inefficiency
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Ronald Reagan Puts pressure on Gorbachev to
support democracy
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Gorbachev Plan-- Glosnost- openness Perestroik
a- restructuring of Soviet society. Less
government control of economy, steps to
democratic government.
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June 1987, Mr. Gorbachev tear down this Wall
Ronald Reagan
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End of Cold War Timeline
(1989) --- (1990) --- (1991) Berlin Wall
Free elections in 14 Soviet
Republics is torn down East Berlin
declare independence Soviet
Union collapses
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(1992) President George Bush and Russian
president Boris Yeltsin issue formal statement
declaring end to Cold War.
Who won the Cold War?
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Vladimir Putin and George Bush, Jr.