LIVING

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UNIT 6

• LIVING
• WITH
• GREAT
• TURMOIL

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CHAPTER 22

• THE
• VIETNAM
• WAR

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THE ROOTS OFAMERICAN INVOLVEMENT

• FRENCH COLONY
• 1800-1940
• JAPANESE OCCUPATION
• 1940-1945
• INDEPENDENCE DECLARED
• HO CHI MINH

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THE ROOTS OFAMERICAN INVOLVEMENT

• FRANCE KEEPS VIETNAM
• U.S.A. HELPS FRANCE
• 2.6 BILLION
• CONTAINMENT
• ANTI-COMMUNISM

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FRANCE DEFEATED

• DIEN BIEN PHU (1954)
• GENEVA PEACE ACCORDS
• NORTH VIETNAM
• COMMUNISTS HO CHI MINH
• SOUTH VIETNAM
• CAPITALIST REPUBLIC
• NGO DINH DIEM
• CORRUPT / INTOLERANT

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NORTH VIETNAM COMMUNISTS SUPPORTED

• SOUTH VIETNAM
• U.S. SUPPORTED

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• SOUTH VIETNAM
• U.S. SUPPORTED

NORTH VIETNAM COMMUNIST SUPPORTED
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LYNDONB.JOHNSON36THPRESIDENT
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LBJ EXPANDS THE CONFLICT

• THE GOAL
• NOT TO LET S. VIETNAM
• FALL TO COMMUNIST
• TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION
• U.S. SHIPS ATTACKED (?)
• LBJ GAINS POWER

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SECTION 2

• U.S.
• INVOLVEMENT
• AND
• ESCALATION

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THE DECISION TO ESCALATE

• SUPPORT FOR CONTAINMENT
• ROBERT MCNAMARA
• SEC OF DEFENSE
• DEAN RUSK
• SEC OF STATE
• GENERAL WESTMORELAND
• PUBLIC OPINION (61)

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JUNGLE WAR - VIETAMESE STRATEGY

• HIT RUN ATTACKS
• GUERRILLA WARFARE
• AMBUSHES
• MIX WITH CIVILIANS
• HIDDEN TRAPS MINES
• UNDERGROUND TUNNELS

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U.S. STRATEGY

• WIN HEARTS MINDS
• STRATEGIC HAMLETS
• ATTRITION
• BODY COUNTS
• NAPLAM
• SEARCH AND DESTROY
• AGENT ORANGE

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U.S DEATHS IN VIETNAM
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AMERICAN POWS
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CHAPTER 22 SECTION 3
THE VIETNAM WAR

• A NATION
• DIVIDED

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A WORKING CLASS WAR

• COLLEGE DEFERMENT
• MEDICAL DEFERMENT
• JOIN NAT. GUARD / RESERVES
• HIGH RATIO OF
• LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC MEN
• AFRICAN-AMERICANS

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THE ROOTS OF OPPOSTION TO THE WAR

• THE NEW LEFT
• STUDENTS FOR A
• DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
• TOM HAYDEN
• AL HABER
• CAMPUS ACTIVISM

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CHAPTER 22 SECTION 4THE VIETNAM WAR

• 1968
• A
• TUMULTOUS
• YEAR

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THE TET OFFENSIVE

• SURPRISE ATTACK
• BY THE VIET CONG
• 100 SOUTHERN CITIES
• A MONTH OF FIGHTING
• U.S. MILITARY VICTORY
• N.V POLITICAL VICTORY

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FIGHTING IN SAIGON
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EXECUTION OF A VIET CONG SUSPECT
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• LBJ TALKED ABOUT THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
  TUNNEL
• TET DESTROYED THAT IDEA
• INCREASED CREDIBILITY GAP

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THE TIDE SHIFTS

• PUBLIC OPINION
• NOW AGAINST THE WAR
• LBJ - NO RE-ELECTION BID
• U.S. STOPS BOMBING
• U.S. WANTS TO NEGOTIATE
• FOR PEACE

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THE 1968 ELECTION

• HUMPHREY (DEM)
• Vs
• NIXON (REP)
• Vs
• WALLACE (AM. IND.)

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RICHARD NIXON WINS
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• RICHARD
• NIXON
• PRESIDENT
• 1969-1974

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CH 22THE VIETNAM WAR

• SECTION 5
• THE END OF THE
• VIETNAM WAR

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PRESIDENT NIXONSVIETNAM STRATEGY

• TROOP WITHDRAWL
• VIETNAMIZATION
• PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
• BOMBING CAMPAIGNS

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TROUBLE ON THE HOME FRONT

• THE SILENT MAJORITY
• SUPPORT FOR NIXON
• MY LAI MASSACRE
• INVASION OF CAMBODIA
• KENT ST. / JACKSON ST.
• THE PENTAGON PAPERS

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• NIXON
• GREETED
• TROOPS
• IN
• VIETNAM

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DEAD IN VILLAGE OF MY LAI
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• NIXON
• ANNOUNCING
• THE CAMBODIAN
• INVASION

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SHOTS FIRED AT KENT STATE
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AFTER THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS
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• FOUR
• DEAD
• IN
• OHIO

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DANIELELLSBERGSTOLE THEPENTAGONPAPERS
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AMERICAS LONGEST WAR ENDS

• THE OCTOBER SURPRISE (72)
• PEACE IS AT HAND
• THE CHRISTMAS BOMBINGS (DEC 72)
• PARIS PEACE TREATY (JAN 73)
• US. TROOPS WITHDRAW (MAR 73)
• SOUTH VIET. SURRENDERS (APR 75)

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THE WARS LEGACY

• 1,500,000 VIETNAMESE KILLED
• 58,000 AMERICANS KILLED
• 365, 000 WOUNDED
• U.S. MILITARY NOW CAUTIOUS
• PUBLIC MORE CYNICAL
• THE DRAFT WAS ABOLISHED
• WAR POWERS ACT PASSED