PPT-Opposition to the Vietnam

War 223 Terms and People draftee a young man who was drafted into military service Students for a Democratic Society SDS organization founded to fight racism but which later campaigned against the Vietnam War. War. BACKGROUND. FRENCH INDOCHINA. BECOMING INDEPENDENT. Before. WW2 France . ruled. . most. of Indochina (Laos, . Cambodia. and Vietnam).. After. . Japan. . lost. . the. . war. , France . tried. www.educationforum.co.uk. . Introduction. Those who spoke out against Hitler and his policies faced intimidation and threats from the Gestapo, or imprisonment and in some cases execution. However, there were some brave individuals and groups who openly opposed Hitler and his policies - a few survived, but many were killed. 1965-1975. America’s Involvement in Vietnam. 30 years of involvement. Five Presidents (Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon). 164 billion dollars. 58,132 Americans died / 2 million Vietnamese. Honors Foreign Policy. Timeline. Korea vs. Vietnam. Guerilla Warfare. Aim to capture “hearts and minds” of ordinary citizens and to undermine their confidence in the regime. Long term strategy – Guerillas do not have to inflict complete defeat upon enemy or compel them to surrender. 1946-54. 1961-1975. Background. Indochina-peninsula southwest of China and east of India. Indochina War 1946-1954. France (colonial power) vs. “Vietminh” (League for Vietnamese Independence). WWII. Lesson Plan 1 – 5. Beginnings of War. 1953: Eisenhower greatly increases aid to France in fighting Vietnam. May 1961. President Kennedy sends 400 Green Berets “Special Advisors” to South Vietnam to train South Vietnam soldiers on methods of counter-insurgency. Paris in . 1919. was an exciting place to be for . 28-year. old . Nguyen That . Thanh. . . He was one of some . 50,000. Southeast Asians from the colony of French Indochina who were living in France at the end of World War I. Listen to the song (. Creedence. Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son”) playing as you come in. Write a journal entry describing the message of the song, using examples from the lyrics. What does the song say about American culture during the Vietnam War?. Opposing dept. in the same college as proposer. Opposing dept. in different college from proposer. College Curriculum Committee (CCC) has primary responsibility for investigating opposition. Request/review memo explaining reasons for opposition. ~. Lesson 15. Student Readings:. • Doctrine and Covenants 112:10–15; 121:1–10, 16–17; 122:1–9.. • Neil L. Andersen, “Trial of Your Faith,” . Ensign, . Nov. 2012.. Think of a time when you felt…. U.S. replaced France as the supporter of South Vietnamese. CIA installed Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam . Ho Chi Minh (North- Communist). Catholic Diem alienated mostly Buddhist nation. Viet Cong guerrillas began launching attacks in 1957 . Stop the spread of communism. Vietnam. Independence- to be free of foreign/ imperial influence. Plans. Send advisors/ escalate. Limited War. No . nucs. Air War. Operation Rolling Thunder. Operation Niagara. Who was the Vietnamese nationalist that became the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?. Mao . Tse. -Tung. Tu. Thong. Ho Chi Minh. Ngo . Dinh. Diem. Who . was president in 1955 when the US began acting as an advisor to South Vietnam?. By: Dominic Cao. Vietnam’s Main Source of Income. The economy of Vietnam is a developing planned economy and market economy. Vietnam is a net exporter of agricultural products such as rice, coffee, pepper, cashews, tea, rubber, wood products, and fishery products.