What does this image represent? Entry task What does this image represent? Where do Vietnam & Cambodia fit in the image?

Follow the directions for labeling the map Vietnam map Use pg. 995 in your textbook Follow the directions for labeling the map When finished, get it checked off by me and you can get started on the next task Read Vietnam War reading and answer the corresponding questions.

French Indochina Established 1887 - Vietnam, Cambodia, (and later Laos). During WWII, Japan ruled Indochina

French Indochina War When: 1946 – 1953 Who: French colonial forces vs. Viet Minh (communist group) Viet Minh fight for Vietnamese independence Outcome: Viet Minh wins

Geneva Conference When: 1954 Where: Peace conference held in Geneva, Switzerland. Outcome: Divide Vietnam temporarily into a non-Communist South and a Communist North Re-unification planned following elections in 1956 Elections never took place

US Involvement When: 1955 How: US-backed South Vietnamese President. Refused to participate in the elections Fearful Ho Chi Minh would win Justification: Domino Theory U.S. sent military advisers to Vietnam.

Fighting Begins in Vietnam When: 1957-1959 How: Viet Cong (South Vietnamese rebels) begin attacks on the South 1959 - North approves an armed struggle against the south

Gulf of Tonkin Result: When: August 1964 What happens: 2 US Navy boats are attacked by the North Vietnamese Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution Result: US begins bombing in North Vietnam & involvement escalates US army struggled against guerrilla armies in unfamiliar jungle conditions

Tet Offensive When: January 1968 What happens: North Vietnamese & Vietcong begin surprise attacks on South Vietnam cities Result: Turning point in the war-US & South win BUT American public began to doubt war Begins slow withdrawal of American forces News coverage shocked the American public and further eroded support for the war effort. Video: Tet Offensive

End of the Vietnam War When: 1973 How: Peace Accords - officially end direct U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Outcome: 1975 – South falls to North Vietnam & becomes a communist nation

Genocide in cambodia

Genocide The deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group. N. (1944) [genos Greek: race, kin; cida, from caedere Latin: to cut, to kill] Despite the U.N.'s declaration that genocide would no longer be acceptable, regimes have continued to strike down mercilessly on civilian populations to this day. Though the rhetoric has changed, the results are still the same: hundreds of thousands of people murdered because of their religion, ethnicity or tribe.

Cambodia’s Genocide Background: During the Vietnam War: Cambodia served as a supply route for the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese. US bombed and invaded Cambodia to destroy the route. After US leaves, Cambodian communist guerrillas, (Khmer Rouge) took control of government. Leader: Pol Pot Begins a genocide & the US ignores it…why?

Killing Fields in Cambodia Pol Pot: Goal was to create a classless society No money, no cities, no private property, no religion Killed anyone in opposition Forced labor, got rid of banks & money Effect: 1.5-2 million Cambodians executed Cambodia remained a communist nation Vietnamese invaded and overthrew Khmer Rouge (US still supported the KR) Khmer Rouge leaders tried for genocide 1993 Democratic elections held for first time

Cambodia Reading & Questions Read the article on the Cambodian Genocide and answer the corresponding questions Due at the end of the class period