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Vietnam Conflict

Vietnam Conflict. USH-8.3. I. Beginnings. After WWII, France tried to take back colony of Indochina Fight the Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh Even w/US aid, France loses Geneva Accords said Vietnam would be split on the 17 th parallel until elections could be held. I. Beginnings.

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Vietnam Conflict

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  1. Vietnam Conflict USH-8.3

  2. I. Beginnings • After WWII, France tried to take back colony of Indochina • Fight the Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh • Even w/US aid, France loses • Geneva Accords said Vietnam would be split on the 17th parallel until elections could be held

  3. I. Beginnings • US backed corrupt and unpopular gov’t in South Vietnam (SV) • Claimed Domino theory • Claimed Ho was backed by China and USSR • SV didn’t hold elections b/c Ho would have won • US supported NOT having elections

  4. I. Beginnings • Viet Cong was resistance movement in SV • Backed by NV • US sent aid, money, and advisors to SV • Under Eisenhower and Kennedy • Containment!

  5. II. Expansion • Johnson became president in 1963 • Gulf of Tonkin (1964) • US ship was fired on by NV • 1 bullet from a fishing vessel • Used to send in more troops • More than 500,000 by 1967 • Began bombing NV to not be soft on communism • Tet Offensive (1968) • NV and VC simultaneous attacks all over SV

  6. II. Expansion • Nixon is elected in 1968 b/c he was gonna end war • Began Vietnamization • SV would take over from American troops • Began secretly bombing Laos and Cambodia • Trying to stop the Ho Chi Minh trail used by the VC/NV • Went to China to undermine their relations with NV

  7. III. End • Just before 1972 election, Nixon announces US troops are withdrawing • Troops and POWs are home by 1973 • In 1975, NV swept down and conquered SV • Killed anyone working w/US during the war

  8. IV. Protests • Draft • Staying in college to avoid going to Vietnam • AA served in large numbers • Many returning vets joined protests • TV coverage • Divides nation • People see footage on the new every night

  9. IV. Protests • Johnson withdraws from presidential nomination in 1968 • Kent State Massacre • Invading Cambodia upset people • 4 students are killed by National Guardsmen • My Lai Massacre • US troops murder an entire village and cover it up

  10. IV. Protests • Pentagon Papers • Gov’t lied to the public about the war • Mistreatment of returning vets • Most did their job and were ridiculed for it

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