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Top 30 songs of 1960s

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1960s fashion

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Counter culture in 1960s

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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

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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

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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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Kent StateKent State

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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/

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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

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Nixon ResignsNixon Resigns

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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.


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