VIETNAM FILL-IN-THE-BLANK NOTES
l Vietnam previously ruled by Chinese, ______, and Japanese
l Vietnamese had a history of resisting and resenting ______
VIETNAM GETS SPLIT IN TWO
l After WWII, communist leader ______led a revolution for Vietnamese independence, and hoped the ______would support the new government
l We feared the ______power and so supported the French retaking Vietnam— the French ______.
l Vietnam gets split into 2 parts so that the U.S. doesn’t get involved
______THEORY
l The U.S feared that if South Vietnam fell to ______, the rest of Southeast Asia would become communist too. Our foreign policy was ______-______(or stopping the spread of communism)
EISENHOWER’S VIETNAM
l President Eisenhower supported South Vietnam by sending them ______and military advisors.
l Unfortunately, the South Vietnamese government was terribly corrupt and Diem was a ______
KENNEDY’S VIETNAM
l Kennedy wanted a steady increase of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. (He didn’t want ______)
l He sent military personnel to Vietnam who were “______, not soldiers.”
l He supported the ______of Diem (who was killed), and soon after JFK was ______
JOHNSON’S VIETNAM
l Johnson was accused of being “soft on ______” so he was determined not to lose South Vietnam
l Ordered a massive ______campaign on North Vietnam, justifying it by saying the Vietnamese had attacked American ships in the ______
GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION
l Johnson made the Gulf of Tonkin resolution that said the ______can take all necessary measures to repel ______
l Now Johnson could send troops into Vietnam without a formal ______
l This set a ______for presidents taking military action without a ______declaration of war
ESCALATION
l Things were not going well, so Johnson ______American involvement
l Government didn’t want the people to know things weren’t going well, so they used the ______to show people how “well” the war was going (by giving a daily enemy ______)
A RUDE AWAKENING
l But things were NOT going well…
l ______monks were protesting South Vietnamese government
l The ______—
communists strike back with a very organized and coordinated set of attacks
ENTHUSIASM WANING
l Americans dangerously ______over Vietnam war, and are losing faith
l ______also losing interest in the U.S. presence in Vietnam
l LBJ loosing popularity so ______gets elected
NIXON’S VIETNAM
l Nixon needed to ______the country down
l ______— build up the South Vietnamese forced to take over the fighting, and gradually ______U.S. soldiers
l Decided to ______Vietnamese bases in ______to help South Vietnam win faster
l Bombing of Cambodia ______, so Nixon ______Cambodia which really upset some Americans
WHY WAS VIETNAM SO TOUGH?
l Jungles, mountains, tough weather
l ______war (booby-traps, tunnels)
l Bombing doesn’t work because ______is ______and nowhere
l Enemy might be anyone (______were communists in South Vietnam, some ______were communist)
l ______mission— what are we doing here?
END OF THE WAR
l Americans were ______of the war and would not support it anymore
l Communists take the ______of South Vietnam (Saigon) and the U.S. ______American citizens
l ______win