1. Vietnam War and the 1970s The Mid-Cold War

2. The Cold War Space Race 1957 – SU put first artificial satellite into orbit, Sputnik I Result – Race to the Moon

3. 1968 – A Tumultuous Year MLK Assassination RFK Assassination

4. Vietnam War Background Information: 1800s – France rules Vietnam 1940s – Ho Chi Minh led rebellion against France 1954 – Ho Chi Minh’s forces defeat France After 1954 –Communist North Vietnam led by Ho Chi Minh and Republic South led by Ngo Dihn Diem Late 1950s – Ngo Dihn Diem lost popular support Above: Ho Chi Minh Left: Ngo Dihn Diem

5. Vietnam War Continued Guerilla Warfare Domino Theory US advisors train South Vietnamese not to fight Vietcong 1964 – Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1968 – more than 500,000 troops in Vietnam

6. Protesting the War

7. Election of 1968 Richard Nixon in front of a crowd of supporters

8. The Space Program Apollo 11 Moon Landing July 20, 1969 Commander: Neil Armstrong Command Module Pilot: Michael Collins Lunar Module Pilot: Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Famous Quote by Neil Armstrong, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

9. The Nixon Years Economy Beginning of the End in Vietnam

10. Changes in American Foreign Policy Richard Nixon with Nikita Khrushchev Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong

11. Scandal Brings Down a President Watergate Apartment Building

12. Ford Pardon’s Nixon On 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 House Washington Outsider Congress refuses support High Inflation Human Rights

14. Arab-Israeli Conflict Above: Palestinian land and Israeli land over time Top Right: OPEC Members Middle Right: Effects of oil shortage Bottom Right: Camp David Accords with Sadat, Carter, and Begin

15. Conflict with Iran Leaders of Iran Iranian Hostage Crisis Far Left: Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi Left: Ayatollah Khomeini Below: American hostages in Iran

16. New Tensions with the Soviets In response to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Carter decided to boycott the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow

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