1. 1968 & Nixon Presidency A TIME OF TURMOIL

2. LBJ Decides Not To Run Tragedy of the Johnson Administration… – Felt forced into Vietnam…real dream to end poverty – Great Society Ambitious plan to pass legislation that would end poverty and racial injustice Never received adequate funding due to Vietnam War – Major strides in Civil Rights overshadowed by Vietnam 1968: LBJ Announces he won’t run for re-election

3. U.S.--1968 MLK JR. ASSASSINATED IN MEMPHIS – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6mxL2cqxrA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6mxL2cqxrA ROBERT KENNEDY ASSASSINATED – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilZuAnBXeM8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilZuAnBXeM8 1968 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION – Riots break out at 1968 Dem. Nat’l Convention – Creates feeling fighting in Vietnam had come to streets in U.S. – Pushes more Amer. Against the war 1968 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

4. Paris Peace Talks Begin October 31, 1968: – Lyndon Johnson Halts Bombing of N. Vietnam – N. & S. Vietnam Meet at Negotiation Tables November 1, 1968: – Nixon Officials Contact S. Vietnam’s president Nguyen van Thieu – Did Nixon Sabotage the Negotiations? November 2, 1968: – Thieu and S. Vietnamese Walk-Out on Peace Talks November 5, 1968: – Nixon Wins Election by Less Than 1 %

5. VIETNAM 1969-1970 NIXON BEGINS SECRET BOMBING OF CAMBODIA NIXON ANNOUNCES VIETNAMIZATION – Plan to gradually turn fighting over to S. Vietnamese military – So-called, “Peace w/ Honor” HO CHI MINH DIES

6. U.S. 1969-1970 WOODSTOCK – RICHIE HAVENS PERFORMANCE RICHIE HAVENS PERFORMANCE – SANTANA PERFORMANCE SANTANA PERFORMANCE – JOE COCKER JOE COCKER – THE WHO THE WHO – JIMI HENDRIX JIMI HENDRIX LARGEST POLITICAL PROTEST IN HISTORY (11/15/69) D.C. – 500,000 ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATORS (BPP)

7. “OHIO”—NEIL YOUNG Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. Gotta get down to it Soldiers are gunning us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la. Gotta get down to it Soldiers are gunning us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio.

8. KENT STATE—MAY 4, 1970 FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1970 – NIXON ANNOUNCES INVASION OF CAMBODIA – STUDENTS LEAVE BARS…BREAK WINDOWS…CURFEW SET/NAT’L GUARD CALLED IN SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1970 – ROTC BUILDING SET ON FIRE…STUDENTS CUT FIRE HOSES SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1970 – GOVERNOR CONDEMS PROTESTS…STUDENTS TEAR GASSED MONDAY, May 4, 1970 – 2000 STUDENTS V. 150 GUARD MEMBERS – STUDENTS CHASED FROM THE HILL W/ TEAR GAS…28 SOLDIERS FIRE GUNS, 61 BULLETS SHOT INTO THE PARKING LOT – SHOT 13, KILLED 4 (CLOSEST VICTIM 97 YARDS AWAY!) – SOLDIERS NOT TRAINED IN CROWD CONTROL

9. KENT STATE

10. Vietnam 1971-1972 SECRET PEACE TALKS BETWEEN US AND N. VIETNAM US INCREASES BOMBING OF HANOI AND HAIPHONG – WHY?

11. U.S. 1971-1972 PENTAGON PAPERS ARE PUBLISHED BREAK-IN AT WATERGATE HOTEL WHAT IMPACT DO THESE TWO EVENTS HAVE ON THE U.S. AND THE GOVERNMENT?

12. Growing Distrust of Government Pentagon Papers (1971) Classified study of U.S. involvement in Vietnam done by Dept. of Defense Leaked to NY Times/Wash. Post by Def. Official, Daniel Ellsburg Revealed govt. consistently lying to public about involvement in war – Plan to halt 56’ Elections – Role in assassination of Diem – Questions surrounding Gulf of Tonkin Incident – Cover up of My Lai Massacre Nixon & Watergate (1972) A scandal in Nixon Admin. during the 1972 Pres. Election Agents working for the CREEP, the org. to help re-elect Richard Nixon caught breaking into the Dem. National Headqtrs. Pres. Nixon orchestrated a cover up, as Sr. White House officials authorized break-in Caused growing public cynicism about government Nixon forced to resign Nixon pardoned by Ford

13. VIETNAM/U.S. 1973-1974 CEASE FIRE SIGNED FINAL US TROOPS BROUGHT HOME (1973) – 58,195 killed NIXON RESIGNS

14. Vietnam--1975 N. Vietnamese Army takes control of S. Vietnam…ending the war LAST AMERICANS EVACUATE AS SAIGON FALLS IMPACT ON US POLICY?

15. Nixon Presidency Slowing Civil Rights – Southern Strategy Republican Plan to win white vote in South Further fuels movement of minorities to supporting Democrats Foreign Policy – Détente Relaxing of tensions b/n U.S., Soviets, & Chinese SALT I Treaty – Visits China