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Vietnam War and the 1970sThe Mid-Cold War
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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 MinhLeft: Ngo Dihn Diem
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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
Protesting the War
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68 Richard Nixon in front of a crowd of supporters
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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.”
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Changes in American Foreign Policy
Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong
Richard Nixon with Nikita Khrushchev
Scandal Brings Down a President
Watergate Apartment Building
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N 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.
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Washington Outsider
Congress refuses support
High Inflation
Human Rights
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
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Far Left: Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
Left: Ayatollah Khomeini
Below: American hostages in Iran
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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