List and describe three amendments AFTER the Bill of Rights (1-10) that had a major impact on American society. FOCUS.

List and describe three amendments AFTER the Bill of Rights (1-10) that had a major impact on American society.

FOCUS

1954—France leaves Vietnam

US does not want Southeast Asia to fall to communism

Domino theory belief that if one country in an area became communist, others would follow

US supports South Vietnam against North Vietnam

THE VIETNAM WAR1954-1975

South Vietnam’s government is weak and unpopular

The U.S. supports Diem because he is anti-Communist

THE VIETNAM WAR

1961—JFK sends 16,000 “advisors” to Vietnam to train army

Kennedy was considering pulling troops out of Vietnam

1963—Diem assassinated 1 month before Kennedy

1964—new President Lyndon B. Johnson takes aggressive stand on Vietnam

VIETNAM WAR

1964—Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Congress gives President power to operate war in Vietnam

Leads to escalation of war in Vietnam

VIETNAM WAR

1965-66 Hundreds of thousands of US troops are sent to Vietnam

The public was told the war was being won

By 1967, nearly 500,000 US troops were in Vietnam

People began to question the war—why more troops if we’re winning?

1968—Tet Offensive by N. Vietnam shows the U.S. is not winning the war

VIETNAM WAR

Students were the major group of antiwar protesters

Many musicians and celebrities also protested the war

Argued that young people could be sent to war at 18, but could not vote

Led to 26th amendment in 1971

Changes voting age from 21 to 18

ANTIWAR PROTEST

1968 was a turning point

Protests increased Johnson decided not to run for re-election

Anti-war leaders Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated

Richard Nixon wins the election by promising “peace with honor” in Vietnam

VIETNAM WAR

Explain three causes of the American Revolution in 1776.

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Nixon established a new policy to end the war

VietnamizationTurn over the fighting

to South Vietnam’s troops

Nixon also increased bombing of N. Vietnam to try to get them to give up fighting

1970—The U.S. secretly bombs Cambodia

VIETNAM WAR

Kent State Massacre

April 1970Students

protesting bombing are attacked by National Guard troops

4 killed

KENT STATE MASSACRE

The US and N. Vietnam negotiate a treaty to end the war in 1973

58,000 Americans died in Vietnam

1,000,000 or more Vietnamese died

1973—War Powers Act

Check on President’s power

President can only send troops to a country for 90 days

Congress needs to authorize longer than that

END OF THE VIETNAM WAR

1975—last US troops leave Vietnam

North Vietnam takes control of entire country

US fails to contain communism

Vietnam has major impact on US foreign policy

Détente with the Soviet Union—1970s

No war until 1991

LEGACY OF VIETNAM

Explain how the Vietnam War was part of the US policy of containment during the Cold War.

Was the Vietnam War a success or

failure of the policy of containment?

CLOSING