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Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War

Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War. Set up Page 3 in notebook : Vietnam War Vocabulary LEFT SIDE & RIGHT SIDE: 15 boxes for vocabulary. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War. 1) First Indochina War p.660 The war between V iet Minh and the French from 1946 to 1954

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Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War

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  1. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • Set up Page 3in notebook : Vietnam War Vocabulary • LEFT SIDE & RIGHT SIDE: 15 boxes for vocabulary

  2. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 1) First Indochina War p.660 • The war between Viet Minh and the French from 1946 to 1954 • President Harry Truman sent military aid to French Indochina to block the spread of communism into Vietnam.

  3. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 2) Domino Theory p.659 • The belief that if Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Southeast Asia would fall like “a row of dominoes” • This was one of the main arguments used to support U.S. military involvement in Vietnam.

  4. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 3) Geneva Accords p. 660 • The 1954 agreement between France and the Viet Minh to split Vietnam along the 17th parallel and to schedule national elections in 1956 to reunify Vietnam • Led to • The end of the First Indochina War • The division of Vietnam into two states • The departure of the French from Indochina

  5. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 4) Viet Cong p. 660 • Communist insurgents in South Vietnam • The way the Viet Cong could quickly fade into the landscape greatly frustrated U.S. troops fighting in Vietnam

  6. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 5) Americanization of the Vietnam War p. 667 • In March 1965, the U.S. began sending ground troops to fight the Vietnam War. The war quickly became an American conflict. • May 1st is “Loyalty Day” (used to be “Americanization Day”) • We will celebrate this at the VFW Retirement Home with colors, the pledge, and flags

  7. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 6) Agent Orange p. 670 • An herbicide used by the U.S. military in Vietnam to fill foliage in an effort to deny cover to the enemy • To clear forest vegetation that could hide Viet Cong soldiers

  8. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 7) War of Attrition p. 671 • A military campaign designed to wear down the enemy’s strength (search-and-destroy method) • This is the kind of military campaign General William Westmoreland proposed for the U.S. forces early in the Vietnam conflict

  9. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 8) Credibility Gap p. 679 • The difference between the reality of the Vietnam War and the Johnson’s administration’s positive portrayal of it • The main impact of the Tet Offensive was that it fueled a credibility gap between what President Lyndon Johnson said about the Vietnam War and what Americans saw on television. • Tet Offensive: a major offensive in 1968 by Viet Cong and NVA soldiers that resulted in growing opposition among Americans to the war

  10. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 9) Tinker v. Des Moines p. 676 • The Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment protects the right of students to engage in symbolic speech at school to protest the war.

  11. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 10) Vietnamizationp. 682 • President Nixon’s policy of having the government of South Vietnam gradually take over the conduct of the war, especially ground combat • Lead to decrease in U.S. troops to Vietnam from 1968-1973 • 550,000: 1968 • 480,000: 1969 • 350,000: 1970 • 150,000: 1971 • 25,000: 1972

  12. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 11) Vietnam Moratorium p. 684 • In 1968 when millions of Americans gathered to protest the Vietnam War.

  13. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 12) Vietnam Syndrome • A reluctance to involve U.S. troops in foreign conflicts unless victory seems swift and certain.

  14. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 13) Vietnam Timeline • January 1973: U.S., South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and Viet Cong sign Paris Peace Accords • March 1973: U.S. combat forces are withdrawn from Vietnam • April 1973: North Vietnam releases U.S. POWs • March 1975: North Vietnamese forces invade South Vietnam • April 1975: South Vietnam’s government falls, ending the long years of war

  15. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 14) Vietnam Veterans • Veterans were shunned or ignored by the public.

  16. Monday, April 11th : Vietnam War • 15) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • This empowered President Lyndon Johnson to greatly increase U.S. military involvement in Vietnam

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