French Indochina War-Vietminh-

Ho Chi Minh-

Dien Bien Phu-

American Journey p.911-913 Stop at The Conflict Deepens

Label and describe each person or event in your notebook.Geneva Accords, Ngo Dinh Diem, Green Berets, Vietcong, coup: overthrowing the governmentAnswer the following questions in your notebook.1. What was the American coup in Vietnam and why did it happen?2. Why did the US send the ‘green berets’ in to Vietnam and what did they do?3. What does this situation remind you of in history or current events?

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EscalationAugust 1964- North Vietnamese patrol boats attack American Destroyers

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution- Gave President Johnson the power to use American troops without declaration of war to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States

March 1965- US troops start landing in Da Nang, South Vietnam

March 1965- Operation Rolling Thunder-US Bombs Ho Chi Minh Trail and factories in N. Vietnam

The WarEnd of 1965-180,000 troops-Rolling Thunder isn’t working -Guerilla Tactics aren’t working

Robert McNamara- Secretary of Defense-Says privately that he doesn’t think the war can be won.

January 31, 1968- Tet OffensiveNorth Vietnamese Launch series of attacks on Tet

BOPA: 2/14/141. Who were the Vietcong?

2. What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

3. What happened in the Tet offensive?

4. How did the Tet Offensive affect opinions back home in America?

Discuss pages 916-917:What was Walter Cronkite's opinion of the war? What did he think we should do?

What was President Johnson’s opinion of the war? What did he think we should do?

BOPA: 2/19/141. Why were people opposed to the draft?

2. What was Robert Kennedy’s belief on the war? (pg 921)

3. How did Robert Kennedy’s assassination change the 1968 election?

My Lai MassacreMassacre of over 300 apparently unarmed civilians including women, children, and the elderly by American troops

Nixon becomes President1. Changes draft

o No deferments o Only 19 year olds can get called upo Draftees chosen by lottery

2. Vietnamization• US became less involved

• South Vietnam became more involved

• American troops would be withdrawn3. Increased bombing

Cambodia• Nixon begins secret bombings

in neighboring Cambodia and Laos

• Civil war between capitalists and communists starts in Cambodia

• Nixon sent troops to Cambodia

American reaction?

Kent State• Students burn a military

building on campus• Martial Law-emergency

military rule, is called• May 4, students gather to

protest

• Rocks and tear gas are thrown

National guard fires into crowd, killing 4, wounding 9

Paris Peace Accords

• March 1972: Nixon continues to bomb North Vietnam heavily

• January 1973: Treaty signed to end US involvement in Vietnam

War EndsApril 30, 1975: South Vietnam surrenders