1. Business Welcome back! Vietnam news assignment 1960s Quiz- Friday
Due Wednesday (also CAPT testing- don’t wait and do it all tomorrow night)
1960s Quiz- Friday
Domestic and Foreign
Business

2. Who?
Where?
What?
60s Domestic Issues

3. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Castro
Bay of Pigs
Missiles
Deal
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

4. Why did the US fight in Vietnam?
Cold War Foreign Policy

6. Vietnam is NOT Korea
Korea is NOT Vietnam
Where is Vietnam?

7. Vietnam Conflict Late 1950’s, early 1960’s North vs South
Vietcong / Ho Chin Minh vs Diem
Communists vs Nationalists
What does this sound like?
Vietnam Conflict

8. US Involvement- Kennedy
Supported Diem (South Vietnam) in early 1960s
Vietnamese people disliked Diem, Buddhist persecution
1963- Coup killed Diem
JFK killed next month
US Involvement- Kennedy

9. Involvement- Johnson Gulf of Tonkin, 1964
US destroyer shot at, fired back
LBJ ordered bomb strikes and asked Congress for war powers
1965- Operation Rolling Thunder
Sustained US bombing of North Vietnam
Involvement- Johnson

10. Involvement- Johnson Sent troops for containment:
By ,000 troops sent
By ,000
61% of Americans supported policy
Johnson escalated Vietnam
Involvement- Johnson

11. War in Vietnam Vietnam environment: Fighting in the jungle-
Hot, humid, jungle, etc
Fighting in the jungle-
What’s difficult about that?
Terrain
Weather
Guerilla warfare
War in Vietnam

12. War in Vietnam Enemy (Vietcong, VC, Communists) was hard to catch:
Ambushes
Tunnels
Booby traps, land mines
Blended in with population
No front line
War in Vietnam

13. How US fought- wearing down enemy’s morale through continuous harassment
Napalm, Agent Orange
Search-and-destroy missions
War in Vietnam

18. What was it like to fight in Vietnam?
Watch the clip and answer the following questions:
What feelings / emotions are the soldiers sharing?
How did the music add to/explain the clips and the war?
What was it like to fight in Vietnam?

19. Changes to Morale US Troops Hardships of war
Many (not all) didn’t support war
Instability of South Vietnamese government
Changes to Morale

20. Changes to Morale At home- “Living-room war” (radio, tv)
Combat footage contradicted government’s reports
“Credibility gap”
People losing trust/faith in government

21. Tet Offensive, 1968 Tet- New Year’s celebrations in January
Hidden Vietcong used celebrations as cover
Attacked over 100 towns in South Vietnam

22. Tet Offensive, 1968 Vietcong lost military battle
32,000 soldiers died
American/S. Vietnamese lost 3,000
Americans lost emotional battle
Public believed Vietcong were close to defeat, then they launched attack
Credibility gap widened

23. Public Opinion Changed
Before Tet: 28% wanted peace, 56% wanted war
After Tet: 40% wanted peace, 40% wanted war
Mainstream media openly criticized the war
Public Opinion Changed

24. Vietnam source Vietnam War continued in to the 1970’s
Becomes more unpopular as time passes
Read text and answer questions
Due: End of Class
Vietnam source