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VIETNAM “WAR” timeline. 1950-1975. Video clip: (6:01 min/sec). http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-The-Vietnam-War-117517236. Demilitarized Zone. VIETNAM “WAR” timeline. 1950

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1950-1975

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  1. VIETNAM “WAR” timeline 1950-1975

  2. Video clip: (6:01 min/sec) • http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-The-Vietnam-War-117517236

  3. Demilitarized Zone

  4. VIETNAM “WAR” timeline • 1950 • President Truman gives $10 million in aid to the French fighting the communist Vietnamese forces led by Ho Chi Minh • 1954 • French lose the war, Vietnam split in half at 17th parallel. • North controlled by communist leader Ho Chi Minh • United States becomes the main supporter of South Vietnam

  5. On June 11, 1963, Thich QuangDuc, a Buddhist monk from the Linh-Mu Pagoda in Hue, Vietnam, burned himself to death at a busy intersection in downtown Saigon, Vietnam.

  6. VIETNAM “WAR” timeline • 1961 • Kennedy sends thousands of military "advisors-troops/military" to South Vietnam (fear of losing S. Vietnam to communists “Domino Theory”. • 1963 • Sixty United States “advisors” killed in action • 1964 • Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - giving President Johnsonauthority to use Unlimited military in Vietnam • 1965 • U.S. begins bombing of North Vietnam

  7. VIETNAM “WAR” timeline • 1967 • President Johnsonup scales(also called; Escalation) U.S. ground troops in Vietnam to 500,000 • Young men (19-21 yrs old) draftedSoldiers did one year "tour of duty" • U.S. uses chemical warfare such as napalmand Agent Orange(herbicide) • Advanced U.S. weaponry does little versus guerilla warfaretactics of the Vietcong (South Vietnamese loyal to communist) • 1968 • Vietcong launch the Tet Offensiveand invade the South • Reporting of theMy Lai- Massacre(murder of 400 Vietnamese civilians) • Increase of anti-war protest back home, lowers moraleamong U.S. troops.

  8. Agent Orange is the code name for a powerful herbicide and defoliant used by the US to clear areas controlled by the VC • Unfortunately, the defoliant caused serious harm to the health of exposed Vietnamese and American soldiers

  9. Napalm, or jellied gasoline, is a flammable liquid fuel weapon first used in World War I by the Germans • The Americans used it extensively in Vietnam • “Napalm is the most terrible pain you can imagine," said Kim Puc known from a famous Vietnam War photograph

  10. VIETNAM “WAR” timeline Additional NOTES: Credibility Gap-2 different sides of the story being Presented to the public. Government view vs public view(what the media is saying to the people) And People begin mistrusting what the government was Saying • 1969 • New President Nixon starts to withdraw troops and promises “peace withhonor” • Begins Vietnamization( gradual withdrawlof U.S. troops from Vietnam)

  11. VIETNAM “WAR” timeline • 1970 • Nixon orders invasion and bombings of Cambodia, attacking supply lines (called Ho Chi Minh Trail)

  12. VIETNAM “WAR” timeline • 1971 • New York Times v. the United States • New York Times newspaper wanted to publised Pentagon papers on U.S. policy in Vietnam. • Federal government tried to stop publication because of security reasons • Supreme Court ruled in favor of the New York times –victory for freedom of the press.

  13. REGENTS!!! • 1973 • War Powers Act • Reverses the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • President can only send troops into combat for 60-90 days without approval from Congress. • Cease-fire signed with North Vietnam; U.S. agrees to pull troops out in 60 days • POW exchange

  14. VIETNAM “WAR” timeline • 1975 • South Vietnam invaded by North Vietnam • Communist take over a united Vietnam • April 30, 1975 – U.S. evacuates personnel from its embassy in Saigon  the war is over

  15. REGENTSSupreme Court Cases • Tinker vs. Des Moines(1969)- students have right to free expression • New Jersey vs. TLO(1985)-students rights are limited in schools; -lessons Tinker decision and gives schools more authority over students

  16. REGENTSSupreme Court Case • Veronia School District vs. Acton(1995)- male athlete refuses to participate in random drug testing to play a sport. -Court ruled student does not have same rights to privacy in school and school has right to random drug testing(10th Amendment).

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