1. The Vietnam Experience

2. Background u Outside influence u Mid 1950’s Vietnam is split –North…_____________ (Communist) –South…_____________ (Anti-Comm) u Domino Theory –__________________ in Vietnam

3. US Involvement u Diem Government Corrupt u Pres. Kennedy... gradual increase –Nov. 1963 _________________ –Kennedy Assassinated... ____________ determines course

4. Gulf of Tonkin Incident 1964

5. Combatants u North Vietnamese Army (NVA) u ______________ u Army of the ______________ (ARVN) u US Army

6. Climate of War u US Training u Village __________ u ________________ u Body Counts

7. Anti-War Movement u _____ Offensive u Lack of Understanding u Veterans ___________ u Television u _________ Campuses

8. Election of 1968 u Democrats...Johnson retires –_____________ Assassinated –Hubert Humphrey u Republicans…_____________ u American Independent Party... George Wallace

9. US Failures u _________ Massacre u Cambodian Invasion (Spring 1970) –____________ Riot –Hardhat Demonstration

10. The Ending u America leaves Vietnam 1973 –________________ u Fall of ________ (April 1975)

11. Post-War America u Harsh Feelings and Lack of confidence in Military and Politicians u Vietnam Veterans –_____________________ Problems –Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1982 u ________________