1. The Vietnam War

3. Vietnam Era – Day 1 Agenda: Unit Introduction Packet (5 min.)
Notes (25 min.)
Today’ magic color is YELLOW
Video: Vietnam in HD (20 min.)
Vietnam Map (remaining time - 35 min.)

5. Video: Deconstructing History – Vietnam

7. Vietnam Independence Timeline
1000 years: China rules Vietnam
1850s: French colonize “Indochina”
1919: Ho Chi Minh emerges in Paris at end of WWI, tries to petition President Wilson for self-determination for Vietnam
: Two communist parties founded in north to resist French rule
1940: WWII begins, Japan invades Vietnam
1945: Japan surrenders, Ho Chi Minh declares independence, French compete for control
: First Vietnam War, China & USSR support Ho Chi Minh; U.S. supports France
1954: Battle of Dien Bien Phu – Vietminh defeat French
Geneva Accords  French leave; divide Vietnam at 17th parallel (National elections to be held in two years)

8. Ho Chi Minh
The French had condemned him to death for his rebellious activity, he fled Vietnam – later returned
Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).

9. Domino Theory
If a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control – like dominos

10. U.S. Goes To War So what happened at the Gulf of Tonkin?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964): Joint resolution of Congress passed in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, authorized LBJ to take any measures necessary to retaliate and promote international peace and security in southeast Asia
(bombing strikes on the North Vietnam).
So what happened at the Gulf of Tonkin?
Video: History in the Headlines
Regardless, some consider this the beginning of the Vietnam War (Second Indochina War) while others consider it to be 1954

11. U.S. Supported Coup
Ngo Dinh Diem (No din de-em) became increasingly unpopular
Corrupt and Authoritarian
Intensified attacks on Buddhism
1963: JFK supports a Vietnamese military coup d’etat
Diem killed Nov. 2nd
Kennedy assassinated Nov. 22nd
It’s now LBJ’s war
Self-Immolation by a
Buddhist Monk

12. Remembering Truman's Loss
“I’m not going to be the president who saw Southeast Asia go the way China went.” -LBJ

13. Hard Road Ahead *Write all info. down
Viet Minh: a Vietnamese, Communist-led organization; forces fought against the Japanese and especially the French in Indochina (1940s-50s)
Viet Cong: South Vietnamese Communists fighting against South Vietnam Gov.: active
NVA: North Vietnamese Army
Ho Chi Minh Trail: supply route through Laos and Cambodia from North to South Vietnam
ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, South Vietnamese soldiers who fought along side U.S. forces to defeat the North.

14. Ho Chi Minh Trail

15. *Only watch first 20 minutes
Vietnam in HD
Video: Episode #1
*Only watch first 20 minutes

16. Vietnam Map Directions (Atlas – pg. 108-109 and/or Textbook – pg. 726)
1) Please Label Neatly (CAPITAL LETTERS)
2) Countries – ONLY COLOR N. Vietnam and S. Vietnam (i.e. one green & one orange)
3) “Water” must be blue – “Other Stuff” must be red
4) Using Atlas – answer QUESTIONS on the back
Label the following:
Countries
Cities
China
Hanoi
Thailand
Saigon
Cambodia
Dien Bien Phu
Laos
Danang
North Vietnam
Water
South Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Burma
South China Sea
Other Stuff
Gulf of Thailand
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Red River
DMZ
Mekong River
Gulf of Tonkin (1964)