1. Hey Hey, LBJ, How many kids did you kill today?  LBJ Stands for Lyndon Baines Johnson (president)  How does this slogan make you feel?  What does it reveal about the climate surrounding Vietnam in the US?  LBJ Stands for Lyndon Baines Johnson (president)  How does this slogan make you feel?  What does it reveal about the climate surrounding Vietnam in the US?

2. The End to Vietnam Era: The Tet Offensive up through Nixon January 30 th 1968 – February 24 th 1968 (Tet) 1975 end of the era January 30 th 1968 – February 24 th 1968 (Tet) 1975 end of the era

3. Tet: January 30 th 1968 – February 24 th 1968  Late January  Vietnamese New Year  North Vietnam creates a cease fire agreement with South Vietnam  Late January  Vietnamese New Year  North Vietnam creates a cease fire agreement with South Vietnam

4. Trick  Morning of January 30 th  Largest offensive of the Conflict  Designed to win the war  Cripple the South Vietnamese Army  Attempt at obtaining civilian support and uprisings  Morning of January 30 th  Largest offensive of the Conflict  Designed to win the war  Cripple the South Vietnamese Army  Attempt at obtaining civilian support and uprisings

6. ForceKIAWIAMIACIA US Forces1,5367,76411unknown ARVN2,7888,299587unknown NVA/VC45,000unknown 6,991

7. Outcomes  US Military Victory: I think the chart really says it all, I mean, for cereal  North Vietnamese and Communistic media victory  Much more powerful of a victory over America  Why?  US Military Victory: I think the chart really says it all, I mean, for cereal  North Vietnamese and Communistic media victory  Much more powerful of a victory over America  Why?

9. Nixon to the Presidency  1969-1974  Gets a second term  Republican  He will get us out of Vietnam  1969-1974  Gets a second term  Republican  He will get us out of Vietnam

10. Domestic Policies  New Federalism: Reducing size of government  Revenue Sharing  OSHA, EPA, Family Assistance Plan  Expanded Affirmative Action  Edconomics: Stagflation, Energy Crisis  New Federalism: Reducing size of government  Revenue Sharing  OSHA, EPA, Family Assistance Plan  Expanded Affirmative Action  Edconomics: Stagflation, Energy Crisis

11. Foreign Policy Outside Vietnam  Henry Kissinger  Realpolitik  End to containment  Détente: easing struggle between Soviets and Chinese and USA (starts in 1969)  SALT I: Strategic Arms Limitations Talk  And agreement to reduce weapons, alright  Fun Fact: 1972, Nixon will begin talks with China and open us up to trade and such with them to pressure Soviets into the negotiation table  First president to then visit Moscow  Henry Kissinger  Realpolitik  End to containment  Détente: easing struggle between Soviets and Chinese and USA (starts in 1969)  SALT I: Strategic Arms Limitations Talk  And agreement to reduce weapons, alright  Fun Fact: 1972, Nixon will begin talks with China and open us up to trade and such with them to pressure Soviets into the negotiation table  First president to then visit Moscow

12. Vietnamization  Goal: Hand the war back over to South Vietnam  1969 peak of troops (543,000)  End of that year 60,000 will be drawn out  Self Government, Self Defense, Self Development  DOES NOT reject airforce  Goal: Hand the war back over to South Vietnam  1969 peak of troops (543,000)  End of that year 60,000 will be drawn out  Self Government, Self Defense, Self Development  DOES NOT reject airforce

13. 1969 Bombings  Nixon begins secret air raids in Cambodia and Laos  Targeting the Ho Chi Minh Trail  Laos is now considered the Land of Bombs  Part of Mad Man Theory  Nixon begins secret air raids in Cambodia and Laos  Targeting the Ho Chi Minh Trail  Laos is now considered the Land of Bombs  Part of Mad Man Theory

14. Pentagon Papers and War Powers Act  Released in 1971  Pentagon documents get published in NY Times  Reveals Cambodia/Laos bombings  Congress repeals the Gulf of Tonkin in 1971 with the Wars Power Act  Released in 1971  Pentagon documents get published in NY Times  Reveals Cambodia/Laos bombings  Congress repeals the Gulf of Tonkin in 1971 with the Wars Power Act

15.  By 1975- Under Ford, Saigon will fall