Vietnam and the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s
Kennedy in Vietnam Support Ngo Dinh Diem Send 16,000 military advisors Nov. 1963 Coup
Johnson in Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (Aug. 1964) Operation Rolling Thunder (1965) 1965: 184k 1966: 385k 1967: 485k 1968: 538k Gen. Westmoreland Tet Offensive
Election of 1968 Democrat: Robert F. Kennedy Republican: Richard Nixon Assassination Hubert Humphrey Result: 301-191 Minority President, 5% of Black vote
Agenda for April 11 Take out your notebooks Define the following terms: Military Coup Ngo Dinh Diem Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Operation Rolling Thunder Tet Offensive Nixon Doctrine Vietnamization Business: ASB Applications and Virtual Science Challenge Applications Finish APUSH Lecture
Nixon in Vietnam Nixon Doctrine Vietnamization Mylai Massacre (1968) Bombing of Cambodia (1969) Kent State (1970) Jackson State (1970) Pentagon Papers (1971) Paris Peace Accords(1973) Fall of Saigon (April 1975) 26th Amendment (1971)
Mylai Massacre (1968)
Secret Bombing of Cambodia
Kent State University Protest
Jackson State University Protest
Pentagon Papers
Paris Peace Accords (1973)
Fall of Saigon
26th Amendment
War Powers Act (1973)
Nixon’s Foreign Policy 37th President of the United States (1968-1974) Nixon’s Foreign Policy
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
Nixon Doctrine
Detente
Ping Pong Diplomacy
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I)
Energy Oil Crisis & Arab Oil Embargo OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
nIxon’s Domestic policy
New Federalism
Roe v. Wade, 1973
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
Environmental Protection Agency
Three Mile Island Incident
90 Day Price Freeze
Watergate scandal
Watergate Scandal CREEP Watergate Break-in Woodward & Bernstein Watergate Tapes US v. Nixon (1973) Impeachment Nixon Resigns War Powers Act
CREEP (Committee to Re-Elect the President)
Watergate Break-In
Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Watergate Tapes and US v. Nixon
Impeachment Proceedings
Nixon Resigns
President gerald ford’s Domestic POLICY 1973-1976: 38th POTUS President gerald ford’s Domestic POLICY
Whip Inflation Now (WIN)
Ford’s foreign policies
Helsinki Accords
President jimmy carter’s domestic policies 39th POTUS: 1976-1980 President jimmy carter’s domestic policies
Dept. of Energy & SuperFund
Stagflation
President jimmy carter’s Foreign policies 39th POTUS: 1976-1980 President jimmy carter’s Foreign policies
Camp David Accords
Iran Hostage Crisis
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
President Ronald reagan’s domestic policies 40thPOTUS: 1980-1988 President Ronald reagan’s domestic policies
New Right/Moral Majority/ Jerry Falwell
Reagonomics
Challenger Space Shuttle
Mr. King is born on April 10, 1985.
President Ronald reagan’s Foreign policies 40thPOTUS: 1980-1988 President Ronald reagan’s Foreign policies
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
“Evil Empire” Speech
Iran-Contra Scandal & the Sandanistas
Mikhail Gorbachev
President GEORGE H.W. BUSH’s DOMESTIC policies 41st POTUS: 1988-1992 President GEORGE H.W. BUSH’s DOMESTIC policies
“No New Taxes”
Americans with Disabilities Act
President GEORGE H.W. BUSH’s Foreign policies 41thPOTUS: 1988-1992 President GEORGE H.W. BUSH’s Foreign policies
Persian Gulf War/Desert Storm/Desert Shield
President bill clinton’s domestic policies 42nd POTUS: 1992-2000 President bill clinton’s domestic policies
Impeachment
President bill clinton’s Foreign policies 42nd POTUS: 1992-2000 President bill clinton’s Foreign policies
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
1500-2000 500 Years.