This is the powerpoint used for the Vietnam War

1. THE GREAT SOCIETY,
BEGINNING OF VIETNAM

2.  “COUNTRY BUMPKIN”
 BORN IN 1908 IN JOHNSON CITY, TEXAS
 ORIGINALLY TEACHER-DEMOCRAT
 APPOINTED SECRETARY TO SENATOR KLEIBERG
IN 1931
 DEMOCRAT

3.  POLITICALLY FUELED
 SHOWERED IN COMMUNAL BATHROOMS 4X A
DAY TO MEET MORE “CONNECTIONS.”
 APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF TEXAS
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION-1935
 1937-ELECTED HOUSE OR REPS
 INCUMBENT SUDDENLY DIED!

4.  FIRST CONGRESSMAN TO VOLUNTEER FOR
WORLD WAR 2
 ELECTED SENATOR IN 1949
 ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT IN 1960
ALONGSIDE JOHN F. KENNEDY

5.  NOVEMBER 27, 1963
 PRESIDENT KENNEDY ASSASSINATED
 LYNDON JOHNSON TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
ON AIR FORCE ONE
 LBJ PRESIDENCY

6.  FOCUS ACTIVITY
 “YOU ARE THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN
ASSASSINATED, YOU MUST NOW TAKE OVER AS
PRESIDENT, HOW DO YOU PREPARE TO LEAD
MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD”?
 LIST 3-5 THINGS YOU WOULD DO FROM MOST
IMPORTANT TO LEAST IMPORTANT

7.  CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
 CONTINUED FROM KENNEDY AND PASSED IN
1964-OUTLAWED SEGREGATION
 VOTING RIGHTS ACT-1965
 GUARANTEED ALL CITIZENS, INCLUDING
BLACKS, THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN ALL STATES.
▪ NO BARRIERS TO VOTING

8.  Lyndon Johnson's Presidency
 Elected President again in 1964
 Established “The Great Society”

9.  HIGHER EDUCATION ACT:
 ESTABLISHED SCHOLARSHIPS AND LOW INTEREST
LOANS FOR POOR STUDENTS
 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ED. ACT
 ESTABLISHED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO IMPROVE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 MEDICARE ACT
 PROVIDED FEDERAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL
INSURANCE FOR ELDERLY

10.  MODEL CITIES ACT:
 GAVE 1.2 BILLION TO IMPROVE HOUSING AND
EDUCATION IN INNER CITIES
 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
 PROVIDES FUNDS AND RESOURCES FOR
HOMEBUYERS AND COMMNUNITY GROUPS

11.  UNITED STATES ENTERED VIETNAM
DURING WORLD WAR 2
 HELPED THE FRENCH “COLONIZE”
INDOCHINA
 FRENCH FOUGHT THE VIET-MINH FOR
CONTROL OF INDOCHINA
 1945-1954

12.  FRENCH WERE LOSING THE WAR AGAINST
THE VIET MINH
 PLAYED THE “SOVIET COMMUNISM” CARD
 U.S. GAVE AID TO THE FRENCH TO HELP
FIGHT THE VIET-MINH
 FRENCH STILL SUFFERED A HUGE LOSS

13.  Vietnam is located
on the East coast
of a region called
Indochina
 It borders
 Cambodia
 Thailand
 Laos

14. •NORTH VIETNAM-COMMUNIST
•LED BY HO CHI MINH
•VIET-CONG ARMY
•Who is Ho Chi-Minh
•SOUTH VIETNAM: NON-COMMUNIST
•LED BY NGO DINH DIEM
•VIET-MINH ARMY
•OVERALL, THIS WAS A FIGHT TO
CONTAIN COMMUNISM IN
INDOCHINA!

15.  NOVEMBER 1, 1963
 Causes of U.S. in Vietnam
 SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADER
 NGO DINH-DIEM EXECUTED
 NORTH VIETNAMESE QUICKLY POUNDED
SOUTH VIETNAM
 SOUTH VIETNAM CALLS FOR U.S. AID

16.  JOHNSON CAMPAIGNED DURING THE 1964
ELECTION THAT HE WOULD NOT FIGHT IN
VIETNAM
 KENNEDY BELIEVED IN THE “DOMINO
THEORY”
 IF ONE COUNTRY FALLS TO COMMUNISM THEY
ALL WILL FALL.

17.  COMMUNIST WERE NOT JUST IN NORTH
VIETNAM
 INSURGENCE IN SOUTH VIETNAM WERE
ALSO COMMUNIST
 I.E. DEATH OF DIEM
 FIGHTING WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN
SVA, NVA AND NOW SVA INSURGENTS.

18.  DUE TO SOUTH VIETNAM INSURGENTS
 PRESIDENT JOHNSON DECIDES TO
MILITARIZE THE U.S. EMBASSY IN SOUTH
VIETNAM
 MILITARIZE:
 TO MAKE READY FOR WAR OR ATTACK

19.  GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR
 APPOINTED TO U.S. EMBASSY
 PUSHES FOR TROOP INCREASE
 700-15,000 OVER ONE YEAR
 THIS MARKED HOW INFLUENTIAL THE
MILITARY WAS IN THE ADMINISTRATION

20.  GENERAL WESTMORELAND TAKES OVER THE
REIGNS OF THE AMERICAN FORCES
 U.S. NAVY IS NOW STATIONED IN THE GULF
OF TONKIN
 EAST OF VIETNAM
 AUGUST 2, 1964
 USS. MADDOX CAME UNDER FIRE FROM NORTH
VIETNAMESE PT BOAT
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXmxfCvO7lA&fe
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21.  AUGUST 7 ,1964
 CONGRESS PASSED
 THE GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION
 JOHNSON RECEIVED A BLANK CHECK TO
SPEND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO SECURE
US. FORCES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
 Gulf of Tonkin

22. THE GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION
ALLOWED FOR U.S. TROOPS TO ENTER
VIETNAM
JOHNSON SENT OVER 100,000 TROOPS TO
VIETNAM IN 1965.
QUESTION AT HAND:
WOULD U.S. TROOPS BE ABLE TO FIGHT IN
THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM?

23.  NORTH VIETNAM:
 SAME OLD TYPE OF JUNGLE FIGHTING WAR
JUST LIKE THE FRENCH
▪ THEY ALL WILL DIE AND WE WILL BE UNITED AND
FREE!
 SOUTH VIETNAM/UNITED STATES:
 SOUTH VIETNAM FLOODED WITH COMMUNIST
 U.S. FIGHTING TO CONTAIN COMMUNISM

24.  NORTH VIETNAMESE ATTACK PLAN
 STRONG WILL TO FIGHT
 ABILITY TO STAND LONG WAR
 HIT AND RUN TACTICS/NO ABILITY TO FIGHT LARGE
BATTLES
 UNITED STATES/SOUTH VIETNAMESE:
 BOMB NVA TARGETS
 ERODE THE POPULATION LIKE WORLD WAR 2

25.  1965
 UNITED STATES DID 2 MAJOR THINGS
▪ SENT 200,00 TROOPS INTO VIETNAM
▪ STARTED BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM
 THE UNITED STATES ALLIES OR NOT?
 UNITED STATES CALLED IN OTHER NATIONS
▪ NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH
KOREA, THAILAND
▪ THE WAR WAS NOW INTERNATIONAL

26.  FIRST ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN U.S. AND
NORTH VIETNAMESE
 TWO PART BATTLE IN NOVEMBER 1965
 AMERICANS USED AIR ARTILLERY AND A
SUSTAINED ATTACK OVER TO HOLD OFF
THE NORTH VIETNAMESE

27.  FORCES WERE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE LA
DRANG VALLEY
 LA DRANG MEANS “RIVER”
 EACH PLATOON HAD TO SETUP A LANDING ZONE
TO FLY TROOP AND BODIES IN AND OUT

29.  CASUALTIES WERE VERY HIGH FOR THE
UNITED STATES DURING THIS TIME
 AVERAGE DAILY LOSS FOR THE U.S. WAS
150-200 MEN PER DAY.
 BATTLE LASTED 3 DAYS
 UNITED STATES OVERTOOK NORTH
VIETNAMESE STRONG HOLD

30.  Bruce “Snake Shit” Crandall and Ed “Too Tall”
Jones received the Medal of Honor
 Medi-Vac Pilots who flew men in and out of the
battle for 2 ½ days straight.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfl0eR6woXc

31.  SHOULD IT BE LEGAL IN WARFARE FOR
COUNTRIES TO ATTACK OTHER COUNTRIES
DURING HOLIDAYS?
 WHY OR WHY NOT?
 GIVE AN EXAMPLE OR TWO OR THREE 

32.  JANUARY 31, 1968
 VIETNAMESE NEW YEAR
▪ CALLED ‘TET”
 COMMUNIST FORCES UNLEASHED
MASSIVE ATTACKS ON U.S. POSITIONS
 UTTER SHOCK CAME OVER THE U.S.

33.  TET OFFENSIVE WAS TELEVISED NIGHTLY IN
THE U.S.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1vJqTN-qVI
 AMERICANS THOUGHT U.S. WAS HANDLING
THE VIETCONG
 SCENES CAUSED EXTREME PROTEST IN THE
U.S.
 JOHNSON DID NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN
1968

34.  REPUBLICANS NOMINATED
 RICHARD NIXON
 DEMOCRATS NOMINATED
 HUBERT HUMPHREY
 GEORGE WALLACE-INDEPENDENT
 NIXON NARROWLY WON!

35.  RICHARD NIXON’S FIRST PRIORITY WAS TO
EXTRICATE SOLDIERS OUT OF VIETNAM
 INCREASED BOMBING OF
 CAMBODIA, NORTH VIETNAM, LAOS
 GOAL:
 PUT PRESSURE ON BOTH SIDES TO STOP
FIGHTING

36.  EVENT #1
 PENTAGON PAPERS-1970
▪ SHOWED THAT U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS
MASSACRING VIETNAMESE DURING THE WAR
 EVENT #2
 KENT STATE SHOOTING
▪ NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS SHOT AND KILLED 4
STUDENTS DURING PROTEST

37.  RICHARD NIXON WAS RE-ELECTED IN 1972
 JANUARY 27, 1973
 NORTH VIETNAM AND UNITED STATES REACHED A
PEACE AGREEMENT
 IN 1975, NORTH VIETNAM OVERTOOK SOUTH
VIETNAM
 U.S. HAD SUFFERED THEIR FIRST DEFEAT IN WAR

38.  AMERICANS KILLED
 58,174
 AMERICANS WOUNDED
 304,000
 COST:
 $150 BILLION
 AVERAGE AGE OF SOLDIER KILLED:
 23
 YOUNGEST: 16