1. The Vietnam War and the 1960s Counterculture

2. The Division of Vietnam
1954
Division of Vietnam
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Geneva Accords

3. Johnson Escalates US Involvement in Vietnam
Reasons for US Involvement
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Operation Rolling Thunder
Chemical Warfare
Tet Offensive

4. Nixon’s Involvement in Vietnam
Vietnamization
Invasions of Cambodia, Laos
1973
April 1975

5. War Memorials

6. Anti-War Demonstrations
Reasons for Protest
War
Draft
Average American Soldier
The “Living Room” War
Kent State (1970)

7. 1960s Counterculture
Rejected social, economic, and political values of their parents’ generation
Hippies:
Drug Use:
Sexual revolution:
Woodstock:

8. Watergate Scandal
Break-In and Cover-Up
Impeachment
Resignation