Vietnam Americanization Vietnam Reading Guide Answers 1 France

Vietnam Reading Guide Answers 1. France 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Japan Gain independence

Continued 7. They did not want the north to win 8. Communism South 9.

Gulf of Tonkin Incident O Johnson as not soft on communism O U. S.

Escalation O U. S. troops were led by Gen. William Westmoreland O Due to

The Fighting O Fighting was very difficult due to O Intense heat O Dense

1968 O U. S. low point Public support began shifting against the war due

Election of Richard Nixon O Nixon is elected after Johnson decides to not run

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Vietnam Americanization

Vietnam Reading Guide Answers 1. France 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Japan Gain independence Ho Chi Minh Containment– France was our allies Dien Bien Phu Geneva 17 th Communist led by Ho Chi Minh 2. Anti-communists 1.

Continued 7. They did not want the north to win 8. Communism South 9. False 10. Intense heat, dense jungle, elaborate tunnels, or invisible enemy 11. Drugs killed each other 12. True 13. Television

Gulf of Tonkin Incident O Johnson as not soft on communism O U. S. attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin; allowed President Johnson to send more troops to Vietnam without a declaration of war O Was it all a hoax?

Escalation O U. S. troops were led by Gen. William Westmoreland O Due to the draft, U. S. troops numbered 540, 000 by 1968 O Draft was seen as unfair to blacks and poor

The Fighting O Fighting was very difficult due to O Intense heat O Dense jungles with razor sharp leaves O Invisible enemy: Vietcong blended in with South Vietnamese O Vietcong used elaborate tunnels systems to hide and move troops O U. S. soldiers torched whole villages and destroyed food and supplies so as to remove supplies that could be used by Vietcong O U. S. soldiers often became addicted to drugs O Some U. S. soldiers killed innocent civilians due to uncertainty of enemy whereabouts

Vietcong tunnels

1968 O U. S. low point Public support began shifting against the war due to intense media coverage O Tet Offensive: simultaneous NVA attack on nearly every major S. V. city; public opinion questioned were we winning or not O Skyrocketing U. S. casualties (14, 000+ died in 1968 alone) O President Johnson dropped out of election race on March 31 O My Lai Massacre: Mass murder of 300 -500 innocent unarmed citizens in South Vietnam; ordered by Lt. Caley; not publicized until 1969 and made many wonder if U. S. were “the bad guys”

Election of Richard Nixon O Nixon is elected after Johnson decides to not run for re-election O Nixon promises troop withdrawal and to turn war back over to South Vietnam O This begins the Vietnamization phase of the conflict