1. Vietnam War, 1800s-1975 US History American Flag at Vietnam Veterans Memorial 2. Basics Where is Vietnam? 3. 1800’s to WWII Vietnam was acolonyof France The Vietnamese…

Slide 1VIETNAM or INDOCHINA WAR (s) Slide 2 FRENCH INDOCHINA French colonize parts of Southeast Asia in 1880s, incl. Kingdom of Vietnam French colonize parts of Southeast…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Self-Immolation of Buddhist Monk, June 11, 1963 Slide 4 Americas most unpopular war Cost LBJ his second term to Richard Nixon Americas longest and…

Slide 1The Cold War Defining the World for 50 Years Slide 2 Key Terms Superpowers Bipolar U.N. – United Nations MAD – Mutually Assured Destruction Duck and Cover Slide…

Slide 1President John F. Kennedy Speech Analysis Ms. A. Martin, M.ED. Slide 2 PROMPT ANALYSIS On April 10, 1962, as the United States was emerging from a recession, the nations…

1. Chapter 24 2. Election of 1952  Eisenhower (President); Richard Nixon (VP)  Classic “Good cop, bad cop” personalities; Eisenhower (Ike) espoused morality and…

Dien Bien Phu 1954 55 Days of Hell The Battle that changed Vietnam's History Background to the Conflict After World War II, France was able to reinstall its colonial…

Slide 1VIETNAM or INDOCHINA WAR (s) Slide 2 FRENCH INDOCHINA French colonize parts of Southeast Asia in 1880s, incl. Kingdom of Vietnam French colonize parts of Southeast…

Slide 1Asia Section 2 Preview Main Idea / Reading Focus Independence in Southeast Asia Map: Southeast Asia The Vietnam War Faces of History: Ho Chi Minh Map: The Vietnam…

Slide 1Why did Containment fail in Vietnam? L/O – To analyse the War in Vietnam in order to evaluate the reasons for the failure of Containment Slide 2 Research Questions…