1. Vietnam War and more
Chapter 29

2. Third World
$$: aid to promote democracy
Peace Corps

3. Latin America Fidel Castro in Cuba Bay of Pigs Invasion
Ties to USSR
Bay of Pigs Invasion
“Yankee Imperialism”
Cuban Missile Crisis
After the crisis:
Hotline
Nuke test ban treaty
US, USSR, GB

5. What country was at war with Vietnam from 1946 to 1954?
a. France b. China
c. United States d. Cambodia

6. Vietnam Background French colonial background Japanese in WWII
Ho Chi Minh and Viet Minh fight
Japanese
returning French
US aids Ho vs. Japan, then the French vs. Ho
French Withdraw

7. Vietnam War Geneva Accord 1954 South Vietnam: Growing Civil war:
Ngo Dinh Diem is Prime Minister
North Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh
Growing Civil war:
In South: Viet Cong
Ngo Dinh Diem’s popularity declines
Coup

9. Vietnam War Growing US involvement in 1960s: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1962: 11,000
1963: 16,000
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Escalation:
1964: 23,000
1965: 200,000
1967: 485,000
* See chart on p 1070 on US involvement

10. The defoliant used to clear jungles in Vietnam was called:
a. Purple Haze b. Agent Orange
c. Fallout d. Acid Rain

12. Vietnam War Expansion of war: North Vietnam troops China, SU aid NLF.
Guerilla Warfare: describe
Operation Rolling Thunder
Tet Offensive 1968
Impacts
My Lai Massacre

13. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
How would you describe soldier’s experiences from the film?
In 7 parts on YouTube: here’s part one. Stay on this channel

14. Protests at Home Oct, 1965: 100,000 in 90 cities
April, 1967: 300,000 in NY, SF
Spring, 1968 on over 200 college campuses
Oct : 2 million took part in antiwar meetings and protests
Nov, 1969: March Against Death in Wash, DC: 300,000
1971: 14,000 arrested in DC

15. 1968: Year of Protests P 1084-5 in your book
What issues or events were behind international protests?

17. The Draft Average age of a US soldier in Vietnam?
Deferments: college, marriage, dependency, 4-F
Draft lottery 1969 and beyond
Check out the table (click on 1970) to see if you would have been drafted.  This link explains the tables and the lottery. 

18. Who won the presidential election in 1968?
a. Lyndon Johnson b. George Wallace
c. Richard Nixon d. Gerald Ford

19. Where is Kent State?
a. Illinois b. Florida
c. Maryland d. Ohio

20. At home Hawks and Doves Presidential Election 1968: Eugene McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Richard Nixon

22. Ending the War (and expanding it)
Vietnamization: de-Americanizing the war
troop reductions
1969: 541,000
1970: 335,000
1972: 24,000
Transfer responsibility to South Vietnamese
Stepping up the war:
Bombing of Cambodia
Invading Cambodia

24. Kent State University
What factors caused the shootings? What went wrong in this situation?

26. Wind down War Powers Act 1973 Pentagon Papers: Daniel Ellsberg
Paris: 1973: US out

27. Results of Vietnam War Deaths and Casualties p 1094
Unexploded bombs: in region
Immigration to US
Downfall of 2 Presidents
Increase in Presidential power vs. Congress
Disillusionment with gov’t, politics
Media coverage of war changes
Impact on Foreign Policy
PTSD
Agent Orange effects

28. Why did the US lose?
Textbook offers 4 reasons.

30. This Associated Press photograph, “"General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon," won a 1969 Pulitzer prize for its photographer Eddie Adams.

32. Questions: see p.1076-7 in text
Why couldn’t the US Bomb Its Way to Victory in Vietnam?
What are the key reasons discussed in the essay?

33. What was the role of the military helicopter?
Why was it also indicative of the weakness of the US forces?

34. Songs from the 60s/70s What’s the Message?
Marvin Gaye:
What’s Going On
Inner City Blues: Make Me Wanna Holler
Mercy Me
Creedance Clearwater Revival: “Fortunate Son”
Alice Cooper: “18”
Buffalo Springfield “For What it’s Worth”
The Raiders “Indian Reservation”

35. Crosby Stills Nash and Young:
“Ohio”
“Southern Man”
“Alabama”
Lynyrd Skynyrd: “Sweet Home Alabama”
Rolling Stones: “Gimme shelter”
The Beatles “Revolution “
Jimi Hendrix: “Star Spangled Banner”
Bob Dylan, “Masters of War”
Others?