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Foreign Policy in the 1960s

Foreign Policy in the 1960s. I. Vietnam Antiwar music A. Origins B. Kennedy and the War C. Johnson and Escalation D. The Beginning of the End II. The Cold War Heats up A. Berlin Crisis B. Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Foreign Policy in the 1960s

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  1. Foreign Policy in the 1960s I. Vietnam Antiwar music A. Origins B. Kennedy and the War C. Johnson and Escalation D. The Beginning of the End II. The Cold War Heats up A. Berlin Crisis B. Cuban Missile Crisis

  2. French Indochina-Occupied by Japan during WW II

  3. Ho Chi Minh • Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during WW II

  4. Ho Chi Minh • Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during WW II • Communist leader of N. Vietnam after War.

  5. Ho Chi Minh • Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during WW II • Communist leader of N. Vietnam after War. • Fought Civil War with French from 1945-1954

  6. Ho Chi Minh • Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during WW II • Communist leader of N. Vietnam after War. • Fought Civil War with French from 1945-1954 • French lost at battle of Dien Bien Phu and United States supported South Vietnam against the Communist North.

  7. Ngo DiemLeader of South Vietnam

  8. Vietnam under J.F. Kennedy

  9. Vietnam under JFK • Kennedy continues Eisenhower policy of supporting Diem government.

  10. Vietnam under JFK • Kennedy continues Eisenhower policy of supporting Diem government. • Increases number of advisors from 2000 in 1960 to 16,000 by the end of 1963.

  11. Vietnam under JFK • Kennedy continues Eisenhower policy of supporting Diem government. • Increases number of advisors from 2000 in 1960 to 16,000 by the end of 1963. • Buddhist majority in Vietnam protests the brutal treatment from Diem (R. Catholic) • Leads to:

  12. Self-immolation of Buddhist Monk-1963

  13. Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson

  14. Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson • Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in 1963 to:

  15. Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson • Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in 1963 to: • 184,000 by 1965

  16. Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson • Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in 1963 to: • 184,000 by 1965 • 300,000 by 1966

  17. Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson • Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in 1963 to: • 184,000 by 1965 • 300,000 by 1966 • 500,000 by 1968

  18. Gulf of Tonkin Incident • Johnson told Congress that two American ships had been fired upon by N. Vietnamese

  19. Gulf of Tonkin Incident • Johnson told Congress that two American ships had been fired upon by N. Vietnamese • Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which gives Pres. Johnson authority to do whatever it took to protect American interests in Vietnam.

  20. The My Lai Massacre

  21. Execution of suspected Vietcong by Saigon’s Police Chief

  22. American troops in Vietnam

  23. Ballad of the Green Berets - Sing Along Music + Lyrics with Sgt. Barry Sadler by Brownielocks. • Country Joe and the Fish: “Fixin’ to Die Rag”

  24. US Troops leaving Saigon

  25. Fidel Castro

  26. John F. Kennedy

  27. Nikita Khrushchev-Premier of the Soviet Union

  28. Timeline of foreign policy crisis • 1959-Castro controls Cuba

  29. Timeline of foreign policy crisis • 1959-Castro controls Cuba • 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails

  30. Timeline of foreign policy crisis • 1959-Castro controls Cuba • 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails • 1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at Vienna

  31. Timeline of foreign policy crisis • 1959-Castro controls Cuba • 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails • 1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at Vienna • 1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up.

  32. Timeline of foreign policy crisis • 1959-Castro controls Cuba • 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails • 1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at Vienna • 1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up. • 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis

  33. Timeline of foreign policy crisis • 1959-Castro controls Cuba • 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails • 1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at Vienna • 1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up • 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis • 1963- Safe Arms talks begin

  34. Timeline of foreign policy crisis • 1959-Castro controls Cuba • 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails • 1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at Vienna • 1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up • 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis • 1963- Safe Arms talks begin • - Hot Line installed • - “Thaw” in Cold War

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