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Vietnam War

Vietnam War. Vocab: Ho Chi Minh Tet Offensive Vietcong Kent State Guiding Questions: 1. What was the war in Vietnam fought over? . Background Info . France colonized Vietnam in the mid-1800s Treated very poorly by the French

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Vietnam War

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  1. Vietnam War Vocab: Ho Chi Minh Tet Offensive Vietcong Kent State Guiding Questions: 1. What was the war in Vietnam fought over?

  2. Background Info • France colonized Vietnam in the mid-1800s • Treated very poorly by the French • Ho Chi Minh started a nationalist movement to free the Vietnamese from the French • Was Communist • Ho Chi Minh started revolting against the French after WWII • Called themselves the “Vietminh” • Used guerrilla tactics similar to the tactics the Americans used against the British in the American Revolution

  3. France is defeated • America tried to help France by sending weapons and money • The French wanted the US to join the war effort but we wouldn’t (just got out of Korean War) • French signed a peace agreement which divided Vietnam • North: Communist (Ho Chi Minh leader) • South: French supported democracy (NgohDinh Diem leader)

  4. Civil War • Both leaders were totalitarian and oppressive • Diem is assassinated by his own men • Ho Chi Minh wanted to unite Vietnam • His forces are now called Vietcong • US gives $$$ and weapons to the South • LBJ send first combat troops in Tonkin Gulf Resolution in March of 1965

  5. US forces in Vietnam • Over 2.5 million Americans served in the Vietnam War • The draft was reinstituted • Very difficult war • Guerilla tactics • Very thick jungles (used Agent Orange to clear the jungles, but will have devastating effects on American soldiers health) • Vietcong had a vast tunnel system • Tet Offensive: Large scale attacks on South Vietnam by the Vietcong • Started with an attack on the US embassy in Saigon • The United States underestimated the power of the Vietcong • Nixon works to bring the troops in Vietnam home • US involvement in the war ended August 15 1973 • US had almost 60,000 causalities • Vietnam War ended in April 1975

  6. Anti-War sentiment • Media played a huge role in anti-war sentiment • First time people saw real combat • Massive protests are held to show anti-war sentiment • Many always dodged the draft (refusing to go to war, move to Canada or going to jail) • Kent State: University brought in National Guard, who fired on students killing 4 and injured 9

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