PPT-Chapter 22 The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War 20 years Five presidents 164 billion dollars 58132 Americans died2million Vietnamese 150000 Americans wounded 21000 permanently disabled 3 million Americans served avg age 19. Vietnam Vignettes Vietnam Vignettesales of an InfantrymanLee Basnar ht Lee Basnar, 2004All rights reserved.ithout limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of thispublication may be Vocabulary of the Vietnam War. Objectives. Describe the reasons that the United States helped the French fight the Vietnamese.. Identify ways in which the United States opposed communism in Southeast Asia.. 1968- A Tumultuous Year. Key Events. -. The TET Offensive in Vietnam. -MLK assassinated. -RFK assassinated. -The riots at the Democrat Convention in Chicago . -Richard Nixon (Republican) elected president. 38. War . and Social Upheaval. JFK's New Frontier. Young & Vibrant. Camelot. Surrounded himself with the "best and brightest". Robert Kennedy: Attorney General. Robert McNamara: Secretary of Defense. Stagnation. End of 60s= economic decline. Productivity slowed. 1945-70 doubled standard of living. 1970 would get so bad take 500 years to double again. Women worked to add income. Cause?. Women and teens in workplace. 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 . Section 4: Nixon and Vietnam. April 22. Section 4 Objectives. Explain the steps Nixon took to end the war in Vietnam.. Understand the various costs of the Vietnam War.. Key Terms. Vietnamization. martial law. The War Develops 29.1. 2. The Main Idea. Concern about the spread of communism led the United States to become increasingly violent in Vietnam.. Reading Focus. How did Southeast Asia’s colonial history produce increased tensions in Vietnam? . The Stormy Sixties: 1960 – 1968 . Kennedy’s “New Frontier” Spirit. New Frontier – urban renewal, civil rights, health care . Cabinet:. Attorney General:. Brother Bobby. Defense:. Robert McNamara . Page 976 - 981. Timeline. 1945: Yalta Conference / US drops atomic bombs on Japan. 1947: Truman Doctrine / Marshall Plan. 1949: NATO formed. 1950: Korean War starts (ends in 1953). 1955: Warsaw Pact. 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?. Vietnam. Ruled by the Chinese for 100’s of years. 1800-1940’s- was a French colony.. Post-WWII- seen as vital to contain communism.. French Indochina. : Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam ruled by France until WWII. Chapter 29, Section 2 “Escalation in Vietnam” Johnson Sends Ground Troops Assassination of Pres. Diem brought chaos to S. Vietnam N. Vietnam kept aiding the Viet Cong rebels in the south where they controlled much of the countryside Course InformationHUHI 6320 The American Experience in Vietnam Fall 2012Professor Contact InformationStephen G Rabe rabeutdallasedu972-883-2009 Website http//wwwutdallasedu/ah/people/facultydetail