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Top 30 songs of 1960s
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1960s fashion
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Counter culture in 1960s
Nixon Elected PresidentNixon Elected President
Richard Nixon elected President in 1969 and started United States troop withdrawal
However, the Vietnam Conflict is still raging with American troop involvement
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VietnamizationVietnamization
Henry KissingerNational Security Adviser. Earned 3 Degrees from Harvard
Vietnamizationgradual withdrawal of US troops with having the South Vietnamese taking a more active roll in the Vietnam conflict
Over next 3 years, troop withdrawl from 500,000 to 25,000
VietnamizationVietnamization
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Major EventsMajor Events
My Lai Massacre—Lt. Calley and his troops massacred innocent civilians in a small village—about 200 women, children, and elderly men
He was on a search and destroy mission
My Lai MassacreMy Lai Massacrehttp://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/june2006/my_lai.jpg
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Major EventsMajor Events
Invasion of CambodiaNixon secretly ordered a massive bombing campaign of Cambodia, Loas, and North Vietnam
GoalGain US clout during peace negotiations
Result1.5 million college students across 1,200 campus’s began to protest
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Violence at Kent State University in OhioMassive student protests led to burning of ROTC building
National Guard called in and fired into the crowd killing 4 people
Crowd was throwing rocks
Does this constitute the military firing at the students?
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War comes to an EndWar comes to an End
America’s longest War ends on March 29, 1973
American death toll: 58,000 Americans
303,000 Americans
were wounded
1,724 MIA as of 2/20/10
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Compare to Iraq and Compare to Iraq and AfghanistanAfghanistan
Iraq Coalition Military Fatalities By YearYear US UK Other Total2003 48653 41 5802004 84922 35 9062005 84623 28 8972006 82229 21 8722007 90447 10 9612008 3144 4 3222009 1491 0 1502010 30 0 0 30Total 4400 1791394718
Afghanistan Coalition Military Fatalities By YearUS UK OtherTotal2001 12 0 0 122002 49 3 17 692003 48 0 9 572004 52 1 7 602005 99 1 31 1312006 98 39 54 1912007 11742 73 2322008 15551 89 2952009 31610896 5202010 14144 39 224Total 1087 2894151791http://www.icasualties.org/
End of War in VietnamEnd of War in Vietnam
1975 Saigon collapses and South Vietnam surrenders to the North
Vietnam is a United Country
About 2 million South and North Vietnamese died
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Results in AmericaResults in America
War Powers ActAmerican President must get Congress’s consent if sending American troops in an area for more than 90 days
Americans grew cynical of governmentStill present today
Watergate
Nixon ResignsNixon Resigns
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Exit SlipExit Slip
Please fill out on a separate piece of paper and hand in before you leave class
1. What role did the American media have in the Vietnam War?
2. Why did America lose the Vietnam War?
3. Do you feel the Vietnam War could have been won by America? Why or why not please explain.