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U.S. II 8 c; 9d
The Late Cold War Era:Page 20 NP
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U.S. II 8 c; 9d
In the United States we refer to this conflict as
the Vietnam War
In Vietnam, citizens refer to this conflict as the
American War
What do Americans Think?
p16 First TV War – American Journey Video
Stages of the War p. 17
Stages of the Vietnam War The French Phase 1945-1954: http://10.206.3.241/?a=5108&s=00:02:03:00&e=00:02:59:22
U.S. Advisors 1954-1963:http://10.206.3.241/?a=5108&s=00:05:18:00&e=00:06:02:00
Escalation 1963-1968: History Channel troop characteristicshttp://10.206.3.241/?a=5108&s=00:07:35:00&e=00:07:55:00
http://10.206.3.241/?a=5108&s=00:12:33:00&e=00:13:43:08
The Tet Offensive Viginians at War DVD Volume IIthe Tet Offensive.
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Viet Cong (rebel forces sponsored by North Vietnam) and North Vietnamese forces, on scores of cities, towns, and hamlets throughout South Vietnam. It was considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War.
The attacks began on January 31, 1968, the first day of the Lunar New Year, Vietnam's most important holiday. It took weeks for U.S. and South Vietnamese troops to retake all of the captured cities, including the former imperial capital of Hue.
Aftermath American spokesmen initially
described the Tet offensive as a failure for the Viet Cong, pointing to their retreat and staggering casualties. But when General William Westmoreland reported that completing the Vietcong's defeat would necessitate 200,000 more American soldiers and require an activation of the reserves, even loyal supporters of the war effort began to see that a change in strategy was needed.
The Tet Offensive
To a growing segment of the American public, Tet demonstrated the resolve of the Vietcong and the tenuous control South Vietnam had over its own territory. It also helped unite those at home in their dissenting opinions of the war.
Stages of the Vietnam War
Vietnamization 1968-1973http://10.206.3.241/?a=5108&s=00:16:27:00&e=00:16:54:03
The End 1973-1975:http://10.206.3.241/?a=5108&s=00:20:26:11&e=00:21:49:00
Entire Video
Our Enemy the Vietcong ZVD: Vietcong
and Guerilla Warfare (Tunnel Rats) or History Declassified 8 min.
Why was it so hard to fight this war?
Who won?
THE COST OF WAR
http://www.casperplatoon.com/VietnamWarMusic.htm Play with Cost of War Pictures on next slide.
OF WAR
Of the 2.7 million Americans that served in the Vietnam war…
300,000 were wounded in action 75,000 were disabled Of the casualties listed on The
Wall, approximately 1,300 remain missing in action
58,129 were killed The average age was 19
On the Vietnamese side it is estimated…
1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong (Southern resistance soldiers) were killed
Over 2 million North and South Vietnamese citizens were killed
American Opposition to War Americans were divided over whether the
United States should be involved militarily in Vietnam Burning draft cards Holding protests Kent State University
May 4, 1970 4 unarmed
demonstrators killed
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Images and Songs from Vietnam
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=7651&title=Vietnam_War_Memorial&ref=Rhassler
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=41220&title=Vietnam_Part_One&ref=Rhassler
Korea vs. Vietnam p. 18
Same Containment Domino Theory North: Communist
South: Democratic Communist: China,
USSR Democratic: U.S. and
Allies
Different Korea: Tie
UN Police Action Vietnam: Loss
All U.S. Guerilla Warfare I.D. enemy difficult Public turned against
the war. Freedom of US Marching to Freedom Chap. 4
If Time Cover AllIf not cover slide 64 and 65
The U.S. in the 1970s: The Economy
The U.S. gave up the war in Vietnam, last solider came home in 1975.
The economy was drained by the war and experienced high unemployment .
Energy prices skyrocketed. The U.S. automobile industry declined as
consumers turned to small, energy-efficient Japanese imports.
The U.S. in the 1970s:The GovernmentDétente:Thaw In the Cold War SAFARI Montage chap. 1 Cracks in the Wall ABC News
President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 after the Watergate Scandal in which he obstructed justice by covering up a Republican Party break-in of Democratic headquarters.
Gerald Ford succeeded him and granted Nixon a pardon.
The public grew to distrust government and elected an “outsider” in Jimmy Carter.
The U.S. in the 1970s:The Government
President Carter could not improve the economy
The Americans of the 1970s became the “me generation”
The U.S. in the 1980s:The Government and Society Reagan Chap. 2 8min.
Ronald Reagan united economic and cultural conservatives to win the White House in 1980
“Government was the problem, not the solution” “Yuppies” or young urban professionals were
concerned with their private lives rather than public issues
Upper-middle-class standard of living depended on both husband and wife holding full-time jobs
The Collapse of Communism and the End of the Cold War. Page 19SAFARI Montage chap. 13 The Cold WarSAFARI Montage chap. 14 The Cold WarReagan Chap. 3 4 min.
Gorbachev’s economic policies Glasnost- Political Openness/Freedom Peristroika- Economic Openness/Freedom
Leads to openness and the exposure to democratic ideas. People like these ideas and Communism starts to fall.
The first example of the fall is the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
November 9, 1989 "Tear Down This Wall!"
Fall of the Soviet Union
December, 1991
Butter Battle Activity p. 21