1. LIVING WITH GREAT TURMOIL
UNIT 6
LIVING
WITH
GREAT
TURMOIL
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2. CHAPTER 22
THE
VIETNAM
WAR
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3. THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT
FRENCH COLONY
JAPANESE OCCUPATION
INDEPENDENCE DECLARED
HO CHI MINH
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4. THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT
FRANCE “KEEPS” VIETNAM
U.S.A. HELPS FRANCE
$2.6 BILLION
CONTAINMENT
ANTI-COMMUNISM
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5. FRANCE DEFEATED DIEN BIEN PHU (1954) GENEVA PEACE ACCORDS
NORTH VIETNAM
COMMUNISTS – HO CHI MINH
SOUTH VIETNAM
CAPITALIST REPUBLIC
NGO DINH DIEM
CORRUPT / INTOLERANT
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6. SOUTH VIETNAM U.S. SUPPORTED
NORTH VIETNAM
COMMUNISTS
SUPPORTED
SOUTH VIETNAM
U.S. SUPPORTED
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7. SOUTH VIETNAM U.S. SUPPORTED NORTH VIETNAM COMMUNIST SUPPORTED
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8. LYNDON B. JOHNSON 36TH PRESIDENT
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9. LBJ EXPANDS THE CONFLICT
THE GOAL:
NOT TO LET S. VIETNAM
“FALL” TO COMMUNIST
TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION
U.S. SHIPS ATTACKED (?)
LBJ GAINS POWER
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10. U.S. INVOLVEMENT AND ESCALATION
SECTION 2
U.S.
INVOLVEMENT
AND
ESCALATION
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11. THE DECISION TO ESCALATE
SUPPORT FOR “CONTAINMENT”
ROBERT MCNAMARA
SEC OF DEFENSE
DEAN RUSK
SEC OF STATE
GENERAL WESTMORELAND
PUBLIC OPINION (61%)
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12. 11/29/2018
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13. JUNGLE WAR - VIETAMESE STRATEGY
HIT & RUN ATTACKS
GUERRILLA WARFARE
AMBUSHES
MIX WITH CIVILIANS
HIDDEN TRAPS & MINES
UNDERGROUND TUNNELS
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14. U.S. STRATEGY WIN “HEARTS & MINDS” STRATEGIC HAMLETS ATTRITION
“BODY COUNTS”
NAPLAM
SEARCH AND DESTROY
“AGENT ORANGE”
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15. U.S DEATHS IN VIETNAM
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16. AMERICAN POWS
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17. 11/29/2018
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18. A NATION DIVIDED CHAPTER 22 SECTION 3 THE VIETNAM WAR 11/29/2018
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19. A WORKING CLASS WAR COLLEGE DEFERMENT MEDICAL DEFERMENT
JOIN NAT. GUARD / RESERVES
HIGH RATIO OF…
LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC MEN
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
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20. THE ROOTS OF OPPOSTION TO THE WAR
THE NEW LEFT
STUDENTS FOR A
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
TOM HAYDEN
AL HABER
CAMPUS ACTIVISM
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21. 11/29/2018
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22. CHAPTER 22 – SECTION 4 THE VIETNAM WAR
1968: A
TUMULTOUS
YEAR
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23. THE TET OFFENSIVE SURPRISE ATTACK BY THE VIET CONG 100 SOUTHERN CITIES
A MONTH OF FIGHTING
U.S. MILITARY VICTORY
N.V POLITICAL VICTORY
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24. 11/29/2018
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25. FIGHTING IN SAIGON
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26. EXECUTION OF A VIET CONG SUSPECT
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27. LBJ TALKED ABOUT “THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL”
TET DESTROYED THAT IDEA
INCREASED “CREDIBILITY GAP”
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28. THE TIDE SHIFTS PUBLIC OPINION NOW AGAINST THE WAR
LBJ - NO RE-ELECTION BID
U.S. STOPS BOMBING
U.S. WANTS TO NEGOTIATE
FOR PEACE
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29. 11/29/2018
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30. HUMPHREY (DEM) Vs NIXON (REP) WALLACE (AM. IND.)
THE 1968 ELECTION
HUMPHREY (DEM) Vs
NIXON (REP)
WALLACE (AM. IND.)
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31. RICHARD NIXON WINS
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32. RICHARD NIXON PRESIDENT 1969-1974
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33. SECTION 5 THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR
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SECTION 5
THE END OF THE
VIETNAM WAR
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34. PRESIDENT NIXON’S VIETNAM STRATEGY
TROOP WITHDRAWL
“VIETNAMIZATION”
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
BOMBING CAMPAIGNS
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35. 11/29/2018
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36. TROUBLE ON THE HOME FRONT
“THE SILENT MAJORITY”
SUPPORT FOR NIXON
MY LAI MASSACRE
INVASION OF CAMBODIA
KENT ST. / JACKSON ST.
THE PENTAGON PAPERS
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37. NIXON GREETED TROOPS IN VIETNAM
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38. DEAD IN VILLAGE OF MY LAI
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39. NIXON ANNOUNCING THE CAMBODIAN INVASION 11/29/2018
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40. SHOTS FIRED AT KENT STATE
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41. AFTER THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS
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42. “FOUR
DEAD IN
OHIO”
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43. 11/29/2018
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44. DANIEL ELLSBERG STOLE “THE PENTAGON PAPERS”
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45. AMERICA’S LONGEST WAR ENDS
THE OCTOBER SURPRISE (‘72)
“PEACE IS AT HAND”
THE CHRISTMAS BOMBINGS (DEC ‘72)
PARIS PEACE TREATY (JAN ‘73)
US. TROOPS WITHDRAW (MAR ‘73)
SOUTH VIET. SURRENDERS (APR ‘75)
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46. THE WAR’S LEGACY 1,500,000 VIETNAMESE KILLED ~58,000 AMERICANS KILLED
365, 000 WOUNDED
U.S. MILITARY NOW CAUTIOUS
PUBLIC MORE CYNICAL
THE DRAFT WAS ABOLISHED
WAR POWERS ACT PASSED
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