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US History: Mid-Cold War - Vietnam and the 1970s

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Rebecca Subert

The document summarizes key events in the Vietnam War and the 1970s in the United States. It discusses the escalation of US involvement in the Vietnam War throughout the 1960s, protests against the war at home, and the Nixon administration's policies in Vietnam and with China and the Soviet Union. It also covers Nixon's resignation due to the Watergate scandal, Jimmy Carter's presidency and issues with inflation and energy crises, and the Iran hostage crisis.

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Vietnam War and the 1970sThe Mid-Cold War
The Cold War Space Race1957 SU put first artificial satellite into orbit, Sputnik IResult Race to the Moon
1968 A Tumultuous YearMLK AssassinationRFK Assassination
Vietnam WarBackground Information:1800s France rules Vietnam1940s Ho Chi Minh led rebellion against France1954 Ho Chi Minhs forces defeat FranceAfter 1954 Communist North Vietnam led by Ho Chi Minh and Republic South led by Ngo Dihn DiemLate 1950s Ngo Dihn Diem lost popular supportAbove: Ho Chi MinhLeft: Ngo Dihn Diem
Vietnam War Continued Guerilla WarfareDomino TheoryUS advisors train South Vietnamese not to fight Vietcong1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution1968 more than 500,000 troops in Vietnam
Protesting the War
Election of 1968Richard Nixon in front of a crowd of supporters
The Space ProgramApollo 11 Moon LandingJuly 20, 1969Commander: Neil ArmstrongCommand Module Pilot: Michael CollinsLunar Module Pilot: Eugene Buzz AldrinFamous Quote by Neil Armstrong, Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
The Nixon YearsEconomyBeginning of the End in Vietnam
Changes in American Foreign PolicyRichard Nixon with Nikita KhrushchevRichard Nixon and Mao Zedong
Scandal Brings Down a PresidentWatergate Apartment Building
Ford Pardons NixonOn September 8, 1974 President Ford granted former President Nixon a full, free, and absolute pardon . . . for all offenses against the United States freeing Nixon from trial and perhaps subsequent prosecution for the Watergate scandal.
Carter in the White HouseWashington OutsiderCongress refuses supportHigh InflationHuman Rights
Arab-Israeli ConflictAbove: Palestinian land and Israeli land over timeTop Right: OPEC MembersMiddle Right: Effects of oil shortageBottom Right: Camp David Accords with Sadat, Carter, and Begin
Conflict with IranLeaders of IranIranian Hostage CrisisFar Left: Shah Muhammad Reza PahlaviLeft: Ayatollah Khomeini Below: American hostages in Iran
New Tensions with the SovietsIn response to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Carter decided to boycott the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow
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US History: Mid-Cold War - Vietnam and the 1970s

  • 1. Vietnam War and the 1970sThe Mid-Cold War
  • 2. The Cold War Space Race1957 SU put first artificial satellite into orbit, Sputnik IResult Race to the Moon
  • 3. 1968 A Tumultuous YearMLK AssassinationRFK Assassination
  • 4. Vietnam WarBackground Information:1800s France rules Vietnam1940s Ho Chi Minh led rebellion against France1954 Ho Chi Minhs forces defeat FranceAfter 1954 Communist North Vietnam led by Ho Chi Minh and Republic South led by Ngo Dihn DiemLate 1950s Ngo Dihn Diem lost popular supportAbove: Ho Chi MinhLeft: Ngo Dihn Diem
  • 5. Vietnam War Continued Guerilla WarfareDomino TheoryUS advisors train South Vietnamese not to fight Vietcong1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution1968 more than 500,000 troops in Vietnam
  • 7. Election of 1968Richard Nixon in front of a crowd of supporters
  • 8. The Space ProgramApollo 11 Moon LandingJuly 20, 1969Commander: Neil ArmstrongCommand Module Pilot: Michael CollinsLunar Module Pilot: Eugene Buzz AldrinFamous Quote by Neil Armstrong, Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
  • 9. The Nixon YearsEconomyBeginning of the End in Vietnam
  • 10. Changes in American Foreign PolicyRichard Nixon with Nikita KhrushchevRichard Nixon and Mao Zedong
  • 11. Scandal Brings Down a PresidentWatergate Apartment Building
  • 12. Ford Pardons NixonOn September 8, 1974 President Ford granted former President Nixon a full, free, and absolute pardon . . . for all offenses against the United States freeing Nixon from trial and perhaps subsequent prosecution for the Watergate scandal.
  • 13. Carter in the White HouseWashington OutsiderCongress refuses supportHigh InflationHuman Rights
  • 14. Arab-Israeli ConflictAbove: Palestinian land and Israeli land over timeTop Right: OPEC MembersMiddle Right: Effects of oil shortageBottom Right: Camp David Accords with Sadat, Carter, and Begin
  • 15. Conflict with IranLeaders of IranIranian Hostage CrisisFar Left: Shah Muhammad Reza PahlaviLeft: Ayatollah Khomeini Below: American hostages in Iran
  • 16. New Tensions with the SovietsIn response to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Carter decided to boycott the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow
  • 17. Picture Citations際際滷 2mentallandscape.com際際滷 3sitfu.comrobertfkennedy.netioffer.com際際滷 4syedsoutsidethebox.blogspot.comfreedomforvietnam.wordpress.com際際滷 5wpsvietnamblog.blogspot.comgoldenyears66to69.blogspot.comwarvietnam.org際際滷 6boomerslife.orgmilonrouge.tumblr.comnews.haverford.edu際際滷 7unit8rishikkimz.wikispaces.comabsoluteastronomy.com際際滷 8dailymail.co.uknssdc.gsfc.nasa.govblog.affspot.com際際滷 9libcom.orgdovergramboys.kent.sch.ukcoverbrowser.com際際滷 10life.comorthocuban.com
  • 18. Picture Citations contd. . .際際滷 11mustseewashingtondc.comnixontapes.orgcgi.ebay.comjackbrummet.blogspot.com際際滷 12findingdulcinea.comcoffeewithken.blogspot.comabcnews.go.comcorbisimages.com際際滷 13friendsofsabeel.org.ukfriedmanpedia.pbworks.com際際滷 13 contd. . .fofoa.blogspot.comfindingdulcinea.com際際滷 14insidemyhead.mescrapetv.comlistal.combztv.typepad.com際際滷 15historycentral.comformaementis.wordpress.com