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CW #21: Vietnam

Nuclear Weapon Communist / Mao US flies in supplies Becomes communist b/c of Russian takeover $$ to fight commies in Turkey & Greece $$ rebuild Europe Stop commies from spreading. CW #21: Vietnam. Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Containment Berlin Airlift Hydrogen Bomb Eastern Europe

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CW #21: Vietnam

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  1. Nuclear Weapon • Communist / Mao • US flies in supplies • Becomes communist b/c of Russian takeover • $$ to fight commies in Turkey & Greece • $$ rebuild Europe • Stop commies from spreading CW #21: Vietnam Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Containment Berlin Airlift Hydrogen Bomb Eastern Europe China Quiz = Tuesday Test = WED CST = May 15th

  2. Objectives: • How does the Vietnam war get started? • Why does the US join in this fight? • Explain the domino theory. • How does this war end?

  3. Vietnam • Colonized by the French • Ho Chi Minh – joins communists to fight agst French • After WW2, begin to use guerilla (hit-n-run) tactics to fight French • 1954: French surrender

  4. Uh-oh communism is spreading again, what should the US do? • Domino Theory: if 1 country falls to communism, the neighboring countries will too So, should the US get involved?

  5. Solution? • Divide V. in ½ : • North = commie • South = free **sound familiar? • Conflict begins • Vietcong: Commie guerilla warriors (popular) • South led by Ngo Dinh Diem (unpopular)

  6. US Response: • Help assassinate Diem & replace him w/another unpopular ruler --- looked like the S would fall to communism • US escalates (increases) its involvement: • Sends advisors & supplies • By 1964: send US troops

  7. CW #22 Vietnam WAR! • Quiz at end of period • TEST & #14-23 due tomorrow

  8. Vietcong

  9. Vietnam War (1964 – 1973) • US should win: biggest, most advanced army in world! BUT….

  10. Guerilla Warfare – hard to fight against • Foreign geography – • S= unpopular & war is unpopular in US

  11. Vietcong Tunnels

  12. Ending… • Vietnamization: slow withdrawal of US troops starts in 1969 & gone by 1973 • Ceasefire – but US does not win • 1975: North overtakes South & reunites the country into a communist Vietnam

  13. So, • Who won this war? • Should the US have gotten involved in Vietnam? #18 – Video • What is like to travel to North Korea? (Skip 7-8 lines) • What is life like for NK? List 6-8 things you see in the video • How do ppl treat the “Dear Leader”? • How does the “Dear Leader” ensure that ppl do what he wants?

  14. CST Prep • CST Prep questions • May 15th ! • Word of the Day: • Causalities: persons lost through death or injury (definition) • Sentence: During World War II, the Soviet Union experienced the highest number of casualties.

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