I am dedicating this to my Grandfather Larry Crabb who served in the Vietnam War.

Table of Contents

Title Page

1st: Dedication Page

2nd&3rd: Table of Contents

4th&5th: Vocabulary

6th&7th: Early Years of Vietnam

8th&9th: The Year of 1968

10th&11th: 1960s Culture

12th&13th: Later Years of Vietnam

14th&15th: Nixons Presidency

16th&17th: Fords Presidency

18th&19th: Carters Presidency

20th&21st: Reagans Presidency

22nd: George H.W. Bush Presidency

23rd: Bill Clintons Presidency

24th: George W. Bush Presidency

25th: Barack Obamas Presidency

Table of Contents

Vocab

Ho Chi Minh

Was a Vietnamese Communist and revolutionary leader who was Chairman and First Secretary of the Worker's Party of Vietnam.

Diem Bien Phu

Was the climatic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Unions's French Far East Expeditionary Corps.

Geneva Accords

It was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War.

Vocab

Ngo Dinh Diem

He was named Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam by Head of State in 1954.

Vietcong

Was a mass political organization in South Vietnam and Cambodia with its own army.

Vietnamization

Was a strategy that aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam.

Vocab

Silent Majority

Is an unspecified large group of people in a country or group who do not express their opinions publicly.

Golf of Tonkin Resolution

Was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. It involved either one or two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United State of the Gulf of Tonkin.

Vocab

Hu Chi Minh Trail

Was a logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the Republic of Vietnam through the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia.

Napalm

Is a mixture of a gelling agent and either gasoline or a similar fuel.

Agent Orange

Is a herbicide and defoliant chemical, one of the tactical use Rainbow herbicides.

Vocab

Credibility Gap

The term "Credibility Gap" came against a background of the use of the term "Missile Gap."

Kent State University

A shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard.

Pentagon Papers

Was created by the US Defense Department, which had all the information about the relations of Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.

Vocab

War Powers Act

Federal law provides the President to send US military armed forces into action abroad by authorization of congress or if the US is under attack or serious threat.

My Lai Massacre

An American patrol entered the My Lai village on a search and destroy mission and committed a terrible atrocity. The killed women, men, children, and babies, many women were raped before they were murdered.

Early Years of Vietnam

Why did the US get involved?

The US wanted to stop Communism.

Who was Robert McNamara?

Was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under President John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

The Congressional resolution that gave President Johnson the

power to wage war.

Early Years of Vietnam

Draft

If you were excused from health reasons, deferment for college enrollment, or young men from higher income families were least likely to be drafted.

Fighting in Vietnam

This was not a war to take territory, but to stop the spread of communism.

Tet Offensive and Public Perception

It showed that the US was not winning the war, and even though the Vietcong, were defeated, Johnson knew that he had lost support of the average American on the war.

The Year of 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination

• MLK was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennesse.

Robert Kennedy Assassination

• Bobby was assassinated on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

The Year of 1968

Tet Offensive

• The Tet Offensice was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. It was launched on January 3-, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States Armed Forces, and their allies

Walter Cronkite

• Cronkite challenged those who betrayed his audience's trust and confronted people in power.

1960s Culture

What is a Hippie?

A person of unconventional appearance, typically having long hair and weaving beads, associated wit a subculture involving a rejection of conventional values and the taking of hallucinogenic drugs.

Traveling

Hippies tended to travel light, and could pick up and go wherever the action was at any time. If the "vibe" wasn't right, hippies were

mobile at a moments notice.

1960s Culture

Drugs

The hippies were usually associated with the use of drugs. During the 60's a large amount of new types of drugs appeared. In fact, the hippies undertook the largest, uncontrolled experiment with drug use in the history of mankind.

Peace Symbol

The peace symbol was developed in the UK as a logo for the Campaign

for Nuclear Disarment, and was embraced by US anti-war

protestors during the 1960s.

Later Years of Vietnam

Nixon's Strategy

Nixon wanted to negotiate peace with Vietnam.

Kent State

Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured on May 4, 1970, when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fired on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War.

My Lai Massacre

All eventually had their charges dismissed by courts-martial

except Calley, whose platoon allegedly killed 200 innocent people.

Later Years of Vietnam

When did the US leave?

The US left on March 29, 1973.

How were soldiers treated?

They were greeted as heroes in the US. Cities and towns across the country held parades to honor the returning veterans and recognize the sacrifices they had made.

How many people died?

There were 58,000 American deaths.

How much money did the US spend?

The US spent $200 billion.

Nixons Presidency

Watergate Scandal

As president, Nixon's achievements included forging diplomatic ties with China and the Soviet Union, and withdrawing US troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam. However, Nixon's involvement in Watergate tarnished his legacy and deepened American cynicism about government.

Nixons Presidency

Nixon resigning from office

Richard Nixon was the 37th US President and was best remembered as the only president ever to resign from office. Nixon stepped down in 1974, halfway through his second term, rather than face impeachment over his efforts to cover up illegal activities by members of his administration in the Watergate scandal.

Fords Presidency

Pardoning Nixon

America's 38th president, Gerald Ford, took office on August 9,1974, following the resignation of President Richard Nixon, who left the White House in disgrace over the Watergate scandal. Ford became the first unelected president in the nation's history.

Fords Presidency

Interesting Fact

A longtime Republican congressman from Michigan, Ford had been appointed vice president less than a year earlier by President Nixon. He is credited with helping to restore public confidence in government after the disillusionment of the Watergate era.

Carters Presidency

Hostage and Gas Crisis

As the 39th president of the United States, Carter struggled to respond to formidable challenges, including a major energy crisis as well as high inflation and unemployment. In the foreign affairs arena, he reopened US relations with China and made headway efforts to broker peace in the historic Arab-Israeli conflict, but was damaged later in his term by a hostage crisis in Iran.