Slide 1Welcome to Vietnam Ch 17 Sec 1/2 Slide 2 Thursday, May 24, 2012 Understand early American involvement in Vietnam, the Domino Theory and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.…
Slide 1COMMUNISTS TAKE POWER IN CHINA WARS IN KOREA AND VIETNAM THE COLD WAR DIVIDES THE WORLD THE COLD WAR Slide 2 COMMUNISTS TAKE POWER IN CHINA Slide 3 COMMUNISTS VS NATIONALISTS…
Slide 1 Other Cold War Conflicts Slide 2 Korea is divided at the 38 th parallel in 1945 U.S. controls the South, the Soviets the North Each country sets up governments before…
Slide 1Cold War Roots of the Conflict The Vietnam War Years: (1954-1975) Chapter 30, Section 1 Slide 2 Essential Question: What justifies a country going to war? Slide 3…
Slide 1 THE VIETNAM WAR AND AMERICAN SOCIETY – 1960-1975 “THE TIMES ARE A-CHANGIN’” – BOB DYLAN Slide 2 SECTION 1 – THE WAR IN THE 1960S Background before war…
Slide 1 Aim: How did the United States become involved in the Vietnam conflict? Slide 2 Background of the War Vietnam was a French colony that was invaded by Japan during…
Slide 1 Day 1 Notes US Gets Involved in Vietnam Slide 2 The Early Days: French Indochina 1880s to WWII- Vietnam part of French Indochina WWII –Japan occupies Indochina…
Slide 1 The United States and the War in Vietnam 1945-1975 Slide 2 Costs of the War More than 58,000 Americans killed 1.5 to 2 Million Vietnamese killed Cost to the US more…
Slide 1 Slide 2 The Vietnam Conflict Slide 3 Some Facts… Longest war in U.S. history, only war we lost Over 57, 000 Americans and 4 million Vietnamese were killed in war…