1. Students will compare/contrast the foreign policies of Nixon and LBJ How did Nixon respond to the situation in Vietnam? YOU WILL NEED 1 SHEET OF NOTEBOOK PAPER

2. Nixon is Back!

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4. 1968 Election

5. “PEACE WITH HONOR”

6. Nixon in Vietnam -Vietnamization -“Politics of Polarization” -“Madman” Scenario -Triangular Diplomacy

7. Vietnamization

8. Politics of Polarization “And so tonight-- to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans-- I ask for your support. I pledged in my campaign for the Presidency to end the war in a way that we could win the peace. I have initiated a plan of action which will enable me to keep that pledge. The more support I can have from the American people, the sooner that pledge can be redeemed; for the more divided we are at home, the less likely, the enemy is to negotiate at Paris. Let us be united for peace. Let us also be united against defeat. Because let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. only Americans can do that.” -Richard Nixon November 3, 1969

9. -Withdraw all troops immediately 19% -Withdraw all troops by the end of 1970 22% -Withdraw troops but take as long as needed for Vietnamization to work 40% -Send more troops & step up fighting 11% -No Opinion 8%

10. Madman Scenario Henry Kissinger -National Security Advisor later Secretary of State -Begin process of Détente

12. Triangular Diplomacy

13. 1970 Cambodia

17. Christmas Bombing

18. Paris Peace Accords Signed January 27, 1973 -Complete cease-fire -Withdrawal of American troops -Release of POWs -Political solution for both sides

19. Fall of Saigon - 1975