2. “COUNTRY BUMPKIN”
BORN IN 1908 IN JOHNSON CITY, TEXAS
ORIGINALLY TEACHER-DEMOCRAT
APPOINTED SECRETARY TO SENATOR KLEIBERG
IN 1931
DEMOCRAT
3. POLITICALLY FUELED
SHOWERED IN COMMUNAL BATHROOMS 4X A
DAY TO MEET MORE “CONNECTIONS.”
APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF TEXAS
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION-1935
1937-ELECTED HOUSE OR REPS
INCUMBENT SUDDENLY DIED!
4. FIRST CONGRESSMAN TO VOLUNTEER FOR
WORLD WAR 2
ELECTED SENATOR IN 1949
ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT IN 1960
ALONGSIDE JOHN F. KENNEDY
5. NOVEMBER 27, 1963
PRESIDENT KENNEDY ASSASSINATED
LYNDON JOHNSON TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
ON AIR FORCE ONE
LBJ PRESIDENCY
6. FOCUS ACTIVITY
“YOU ARE THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN
ASSASSINATED, YOU MUST NOW TAKE OVER AS
PRESIDENT, HOW DO YOU PREPARE TO LEAD
MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD”?
LIST 3-5 THINGS YOU WOULD DO FROM MOST
IMPORTANT TO LEAST IMPORTANT
7. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
CONTINUED FROM KENNEDY AND PASSED IN
1964-OUTLAWED SEGREGATION
VOTING RIGHTS ACT-1965
GUARANTEED ALL CITIZENS, INCLUDING
BLACKS, THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN ALL STATES.
▪ NO BARRIERS TO VOTING
8. Lyndon Johnson's Presidency
Elected President again in 1964
Established “The Great Society”
9. HIGHER EDUCATION ACT:
ESTABLISHED SCHOLARSHIPS AND LOW INTEREST
LOANS FOR POOR STUDENTS
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ED. ACT
ESTABLISHED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO IMPROVE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
MEDICARE ACT
PROVIDED FEDERAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL
INSURANCE FOR ELDERLY
10. MODEL CITIES ACT:
GAVE 1.2 BILLION TO IMPROVE HOUSING AND
EDUCATION IN INNER CITIES
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
PROVIDES FUNDS AND RESOURCES FOR
HOMEBUYERS AND COMMNUNITY GROUPS
11. UNITED STATES ENTERED VIETNAM
DURING WORLD WAR 2
HELPED THE FRENCH “COLONIZE”
INDOCHINA
FRENCH FOUGHT THE VIET-MINH FOR
CONTROL OF INDOCHINA
1945-1954
12. FRENCH WERE LOSING THE WAR AGAINST
THE VIET MINH
PLAYED THE “SOVIET COMMUNISM” CARD
U.S. GAVE AID TO THE FRENCH TO HELP
FIGHT THE VIET-MINH
FRENCH STILL SUFFERED A HUGE LOSS
13. Vietnam is located
on the East coast
of a region called
Indochina
It borders
Cambodia
Thailand
Laos
14. •NORTH VIETNAM-COMMUNIST
•LED BY HO CHI MINH
•VIET-CONG ARMY
•Who is Ho Chi-Minh
•SOUTH VIETNAM: NON-COMMUNIST
•LED BY NGO DINH DIEM
•VIET-MINH ARMY
•OVERALL, THIS WAS A FIGHT TO
CONTAIN COMMUNISM IN
INDOCHINA!
15. NOVEMBER 1, 1963
Causes of U.S. in Vietnam
SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADER
NGO DINH-DIEM EXECUTED
NORTH VIETNAMESE QUICKLY POUNDED
SOUTH VIETNAM
SOUTH VIETNAM CALLS FOR U.S. AID
16. JOHNSON CAMPAIGNED DURING THE 1964
ELECTION THAT HE WOULD NOT FIGHT IN
VIETNAM
KENNEDY BELIEVED IN THE “DOMINO
THEORY”
IF ONE COUNTRY FALLS TO COMMUNISM THEY
ALL WILL FALL.
17. COMMUNIST WERE NOT JUST IN NORTH
VIETNAM
INSURGENCE IN SOUTH VIETNAM WERE
ALSO COMMUNIST
I.E. DEATH OF DIEM
FIGHTING WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN
SVA, NVA AND NOW SVA INSURGENTS.
18. DUE TO SOUTH VIETNAM INSURGENTS
PRESIDENT JOHNSON DECIDES TO
MILITARIZE THE U.S. EMBASSY IN SOUTH
VIETNAM
MILITARIZE:
TO MAKE READY FOR WAR OR ATTACK
19. GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR
APPOINTED TO U.S. EMBASSY
PUSHES FOR TROOP INCREASE
700-15,000 OVER ONE YEAR
THIS MARKED HOW INFLUENTIAL THE
MILITARY WAS IN THE ADMINISTRATION
20. GENERAL WESTMORELAND TAKES OVER THE
REIGNS OF THE AMERICAN FORCES
U.S. NAVY IS NOW STATIONED IN THE GULF
OF TONKIN
EAST OF VIETNAM
AUGUST 2, 1964
USS. MADDOX CAME UNDER FIRE FROM NORTH
VIETNAMESE PT BOAT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXmxfCvO7lA&fe
ature=related
21. AUGUST 7 ,1964
CONGRESS PASSED
THE GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION
JOHNSON RECEIVED A BLANK CHECK TO
SPEND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO SECURE
US. FORCES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
Gulf of Tonkin
22. THE GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION
ALLOWED FOR U.S. TROOPS TO ENTER
VIETNAM
JOHNSON SENT OVER 100,000 TROOPS TO
VIETNAM IN 1965.
QUESTION AT HAND:
WOULD U.S. TROOPS BE ABLE TO FIGHT IN
THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM?
23. NORTH VIETNAM:
SAME OLD TYPE OF JUNGLE FIGHTING WAR
JUST LIKE THE FRENCH
▪ THEY ALL WILL DIE AND WE WILL BE UNITED AND
FREE!
SOUTH VIETNAM/UNITED STATES:
SOUTH VIETNAM FLOODED WITH COMMUNIST
U.S. FIGHTING TO CONTAIN COMMUNISM
24. NORTH VIETNAMESE ATTACK PLAN
STRONG WILL TO FIGHT
ABILITY TO STAND LONG WAR
HIT AND RUN TACTICS/NO ABILITY TO FIGHT LARGE
BATTLES
UNITED STATES/SOUTH VIETNAMESE:
BOMB NVA TARGETS
ERODE THE POPULATION LIKE WORLD WAR 2
25. 1965
UNITED STATES DID 2 MAJOR THINGS
▪ SENT 200,00 TROOPS INTO VIETNAM
▪ STARTED BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM
THE UNITED STATES ALLIES OR NOT?
UNITED STATES CALLED IN OTHER NATIONS
▪ NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH
KOREA, THAILAND
▪ THE WAR WAS NOW INTERNATIONAL
26. FIRST ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN U.S. AND
NORTH VIETNAMESE
TWO PART BATTLE IN NOVEMBER 1965
AMERICANS USED AIR ARTILLERY AND A
SUSTAINED ATTACK OVER TO HOLD OFF
THE NORTH VIETNAMESE
27. FORCES WERE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE LA
DRANG VALLEY
LA DRANG MEANS “RIVER”
EACH PLATOON HAD TO SETUP A LANDING ZONE
TO FLY TROOP AND BODIES IN AND OUT
28.
29. CASUALTIES WERE VERY HIGH FOR THE
UNITED STATES DURING THIS TIME
AVERAGE DAILY LOSS FOR THE U.S. WAS
150-200 MEN PER DAY.
BATTLE LASTED 3 DAYS
UNITED STATES OVERTOOK NORTH
VIETNAMESE STRONG HOLD
30. Bruce “Snake Shit” Crandall and Ed “Too Tall”
Jones received the Medal of Honor
Medi-Vac Pilots who flew men in and out of the
battle for 2 ½ days straight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfl0eR6woXc
31. SHOULD IT BE LEGAL IN WARFARE FOR
COUNTRIES TO ATTACK OTHER COUNTRIES
DURING HOLIDAYS?
WHY OR WHY NOT?
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OR TWO OR THREE
32. JANUARY 31, 1968
VIETNAMESE NEW YEAR
▪ CALLED ‘TET”
COMMUNIST FORCES UNLEASHED
MASSIVE ATTACKS ON U.S. POSITIONS
UTTER SHOCK CAME OVER THE U.S.
33. TET OFFENSIVE WAS TELEVISED NIGHTLY IN
THE U.S.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1vJqTN-qVI
AMERICANS THOUGHT U.S. WAS HANDLING
THE VIETCONG
SCENES CAUSED EXTREME PROTEST IN THE
U.S.
JOHNSON DID NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN
1968
34. REPUBLICANS NOMINATED
RICHARD NIXON
DEMOCRATS NOMINATED
HUBERT HUMPHREY
GEORGE WALLACE-INDEPENDENT
NIXON NARROWLY WON!
35. RICHARD NIXON’S FIRST PRIORITY WAS TO
EXTRICATE SOLDIERS OUT OF VIETNAM
INCREASED BOMBING OF
CAMBODIA, NORTH VIETNAM, LAOS
GOAL:
PUT PRESSURE ON BOTH SIDES TO STOP
FIGHTING
36. EVENT #1
PENTAGON PAPERS-1970
▪ SHOWED THAT U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS
MASSACRING VIETNAMESE DURING THE WAR
EVENT #2
KENT STATE SHOOTING
▪ NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS SHOT AND KILLED 4
STUDENTS DURING PROTEST
37. RICHARD NIXON WAS RE-ELECTED IN 1972
JANUARY 27, 1973
NORTH VIETNAM AND UNITED STATES REACHED A
PEACE AGREEMENT
IN 1975, NORTH VIETNAM OVERTOOK SOUTH
VIETNAM
U.S. HAD SUFFERED THEIR FIRST DEFEAT IN WAR
38. AMERICANS KILLED
58,174
AMERICANS WOUNDED
304,000
COST:
$150 BILLION
AVERAGE AGE OF SOLDIER KILLED:
23
YOUNGEST: 16