WARM UP 1)  LET’S GET WEIRD!!!!

2)  Use your iPad to compile the following information: 1)  15 pictures of the Vietnam War 2)  3 songs that protest the Vietnam War 3)  2 pictures of the Vietnam Memorial in

Washington, D.C.

WARM UP ① Create an episode map on the Civil

Rights Movement in the U.S.A.

② You have 15 minutes to do this assignment with one another before we review as a class

③ You will also turn in the JFK/LBJ Episode Map today

THE VIETNAM

WAR

Where is Vietnam?

FRANCE AND VIETNAM I.   Indochina(laterVietnam,

Laos,andCambodia)wasaFrenchcolonythatwantedindependencefollowingWW2

II.   FrancedeniedVietnameseindependencebeginningtheFirstIndochinaWar

III.   Vietminh

A.   VietnamesefreedomfightersledbyHoChiMinh

B.   FoughtforindependentVietnam

A DIVIDED VIETNAM I.  The Vietminh fought against the French colonization of

Vietnam A.  Vietminh want independence from France

II.  By 1950 the French army successfully took over the majority of South Vietnam

III.  The Geneva Accords (1954) ended the 1st Indochina War

and divided Vietnam in half at the 17th parallel. A.  North Vietnam à Led by Ho Chi Minh’s communist forces

and supported by the USSR and China B.  South Vietnam à Led by Ngo Dinh Diem capitalist

government and supported by the U.S. and France.

ORIGINS OF THE VIETNAM WAR I.  The Geneva Accords stated that North and South Vietnam would

have a national election in 1956 to determine the political fate of the nation

II.  South Vietnam canceled these elections that were created to unify Vietnam in 1956 A.  Everyone knew the communist government would easily win the

election

III.  The Vietcong were supporters of communism in S. Vietnam and began attacking the capitalist government (terrorism)

IV.   The South Vietnamese government then began attacking Buddhist monasteries they believed were hiding communist A.  Some Buddhist monks burned themselves alive to protest the S.

Vietnamese government

SELF-IMMOLATION

AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM

I.  Despite large-scale government corruption in South Vietnam the USA continued to support the capitalist nation

II.  In 1963 JFK’s assassination left the problems in Vietnam to LBJ

III.  The Cold War was still happening and the USA feared the spread of communism to Vietnam

IV.   The U.S. sent military advisors, aid

supplies, weapons and money to S. Vietnam to stop the spread of communism A.  Truman Doctrine, Domino Theory,

Containment = stop communism

America sent planes, tanks and other military equipment to South Vietnam

THE GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION I.  By the 1960s the communist forces

controlled the majority of Vietnam II.  The U.S. wanted to go to war but

needed justification for a military intervention in Vietnam

III.  In 1964 LBJ told Congress that N. Vietnamese naval boats had attacked American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin

IV.   LBJ asked Congress to allow him to use military force against North Vietnam

V.  Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: A.  Gave LBJ the ability use American

soldiers to defend Vietnam from communism

B.  Allowed America to enter the Vietnam War

GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION August7,1964GulfofTonkinResoluOonauthorizedthePresidentto“takeallnecessarymeasuretorepelanyarmedaRackagainsttheforcesoftheUSandtopreventfurtheraggression.”

ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR

I.  In 1965 LBJ sent the first U.S. troops to Vietnam A.  The majority of the country believed

the war would be over quickly ending in American victory

B.  However by 1968 over 500,000 U.S. soldiers were fighting in Vietnam

II.  Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh were

supported with troops and weapons from the Soviet Union and China

III.  In “Operation Rolling Thunder,” the U.S. air force began bombing N. Vietnam

FIGHTING THE WAR IN VIETNAM I.  The goal of U.S. military was

to defeat the Vietcong & support capitalism in S. Vietnam:

II.  The Problem: A.  The Vietcong lived with civilians

in Vietnamese in cities & villages B.  The enemy in Vietnam was not

clear and U.S. soldiers struggled in this style of war

C.  The Vietcong used guerilla tactics to combat U.S. military superiority

D.  Jungles made fighting difficult

VC TACTICS I.   Blendinwithgeneral

populaOonbynotwearinguniforms.

A.  Whoisfriend?B.  Whoisfoe?

II.   Ambushes

III.   Boobytraps

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Vietcong

AMERICAN EFFORTS IN VIETNAM

I.  The air force bombed villages & supply lines (Ho Chi Minh Trail) to force an enemy surrender

II.  The military used napalm to

destroy villages & pesticides (Agent Orange) to destroy crops

III.  Soldiers were sent on deadly search & destroy missions into the jungles to find the Vietcong and kill them

AGENT ORANGE BEING SPRAYED FROM A HELICOPTER

THE FIGHTING IN VIETNAM I.  The majority of the Vietnam

War was Jungle Warfare A.  Ambush, hiding & attacking B.  Guerilla tactics C.  No front lines D.  Booby-traps, mines, tunnels E.  The enemy is everywhere and

nowhere at the same time

II.  The North Vietnamese used psychological warfare to convince their enemies to surrender

KILLED IN ACTION 1961 - 1968

Note: KIA figures for the NVA are unknown from 1961 - 1965

THE STRUGGLE IN VIETNAM

I.  American soldiers struggled to succeed in Vietnam A.  The Vietnamese people did not support a foreign army B.  The guerilla warfare left many confused about their

enemy and left them on edge at all time C.  The lack of battlefield victories led to low morale and

lackluster support from home

II.  The Vietnam War became a very different conflict than the U.S.A. had every fought before