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Vietnam War Unit 10

10.1 Learning Targets I can trace the history of the US involvement in the war Identify the terms & people relevant to the Vietnam War Differentiate between the First and Second Vietnam wars I can geographically locate and identify the countries of South Asia

I. The United States Focuses on Vietnam Early American Involvement Vietnam occupied by French by 1893, by Japan during WWII French Indochina: Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos US helped Vietnam drive out Japanese Ho Chi Minh proclaimed independence 1946 China falls to communism Vietminh Drive out the French US fears communism – domino theory Offers to send $ and war materials (Truman) Vietnam gets help from USSR & China Eisenhower- continues to help (80% of cost)

Vietnam War Guerrilla warfare Dien Bien Phu Geneva Accords- 17th parallel, 1956 elections Ho Chi Minh- communist control the North Ngo Dinh Diem- pro Western governments in South 1965 Election

10.2 Learning Targets I can trace the history of the US involvement in the war I can explain the unique problems that US soldiers faced in fighting the war I can explain the unique aspects of the war itself I can identify the objectives of the United States and the objectives of the North Vietnamese

II. Going to War in Vietnam Weak S. Vietnam Govt. deepens American involvement Johnson & Vietnam Could not afford another “China” Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Operation Rolling Thunder A Bloody Stalemate Emerges By 1965 – 180,000 U.S. Troops (Double by 1966) Vietcong willing to accept huge losses (220,000 – 6,700) U.S. could not use its full strength

10.3 Learning Targets I can explain the unique aspects of the war itself I can identify reasons for the United States withdrawal from Vietnam I can explain the legacy of the Vietnam War on the United States

III. Vietnam Divides the Nation A Growing Credibility Gap An Antiwar Movement Emerges 1968: The Pivotal Year : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ73p75oJek&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

IV. The War Winds Down Nixon Moves to end the war - Vietnamization Turmoil At Home – My Lai, Kent State US Pulls out of Vietnam – April 30, 1975 South Vietnam Falls Legacy of Vietnam - $170 Billion, 58,000 Americans Dead, 300,000 injured, PTSD, Distrust, War Powers Act