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Business Welcome back! Vietnam news assignment 1960s Quiz- Friday Due Wednesday (also CAPT testing- don’t wait and do it all tomorrow night) 1960s Quiz- Friday Domestic and Foreign Business

Who? Where? What? 60s Domestic Issues

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? Castro Bay of Pigs Missiles Deal What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Why did the US fight in Vietnam? Cold War Foreign Policy

Vietnam is NOT Korea Korea is NOT Vietnam Where is Vietnam?

Vietnam Conflict Late 1950’s, early 1960’s North vs South Vietcong / Ho Chin Minh vs Diem Communists vs Nationalists What does this sound like? Vietnam Conflict

US Involvement- Kennedy Supported Diem (South Vietnam) in early 1960s Vietnamese people disliked Diem, Buddhist persecution 1963- Coup killed Diem JFK killed next month US Involvement- Kennedy

Involvement- Johnson Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 US destroyer shot at, fired back LBJ ordered bomb strikes and asked Congress for war powers 1965- Operation Rolling Thunder Sustained US bombing of North Vietnam Involvement- Johnson

Involvement- Johnson Sent troops for containment: By 1965- 180,000 troops sent By 1967- 500,000 61% of Americans supported policy Johnson escalated Vietnam Involvement- Johnson

War in Vietnam Vietnam environment: Fighting in the jungle- Hot, humid, jungle, etc Fighting in the jungle- What’s difficult about that? Terrain Weather Guerilla warfare War in Vietnam

War in Vietnam Enemy (Vietcong, VC, Communists) was hard to catch: Ambushes Tunnels Booby traps, land mines Blended in with population No front line War in Vietnam

How US fought- wearing down enemy’s morale through continuous harassment Napalm, Agent Orange Search-and-destroy missions War in Vietnam

What was it like to fight in Vietnam? Watch the clip and answer the following questions: What feelings / emotions are the soldiers sharing? How did the music add to/explain the clips and the war? What was it like to fight in Vietnam?

Changes to Morale US Troops Hardships of war Many (not all) didn’t support war Instability of South Vietnamese government Changes to Morale

Changes to Morale At home- “Living-room war” (radio, tv) Combat footage contradicted government’s reports “Credibility gap” People losing trust/faith in government

Tet Offensive, 1968 Tet- New Year’s celebrations in January Hidden Vietcong used celebrations as cover Attacked over 100 towns in South Vietnam

Tet Offensive, 1968 Vietcong lost military battle 32,000 soldiers died American/S. Vietnamese lost 3,000 Americans lost emotional battle Public believed Vietcong were close to defeat, then they launched attack Credibility gap widened

Public Opinion Changed Before Tet: 28% wanted peace, 56% wanted war After Tet: 40% wanted peace, 40% wanted war Mainstream media openly criticized the war Public Opinion Changed

Vietnam source Vietnam War continued in to the 1970’s Becomes more unpopular as time passes Read text and answer questions Due: End of Class Vietnam source