DAILY HOMEWORK Please view the "UNPINNED" Video (bottom right hand side) from minute 29:00-End. In addition, please come to class tomorrow with at least 2 questions you have regarding Chapter 38. HOMEWORK FOR 4/7 Please read the remainder of Chapter 38. Answer the following questions: A. Summarize in detail LBJ’s Domestic Policy agenda called the "Great Society". ** We will be watching a video in class tomorrow that will tie in nicely with the topics of the second half of the 1960s under President LBJ. HOMEWORK FOR 4/6 Print out all necessary handouts for Chapter 38 For this Chapter we will be looking at the following topics: 1 - Kennedy Administration 2 - Civil Rights Movement 3 - Johnson Administration 4 - Vietnam War Begin by reading Chapter 38 - p. 909-918 (Focus the reading on topics relating to the Kennedy Administration's domestic and foreign policy agenda and actions). Answer the following questions: A. Summarize in detail JFK's Domestic Policy agenda called the "New Frontier". Highlight specifically it's successes and failures. B. Summarize JFK's Foreign Policy agenda during the Cold War. Highlight specifically his actions against both the Russians and Third World Communists. ================================================== VIETNAM WAR VIDEO ================================================== VIDEO 1 - sets up the reasons for the US becoming more involved in Vietnam. Beginning with the advisor relationship in the 1950s through the landing of the ground troops, the U.S. was attempting to support South Vietnam in the face of aggressions from the Viet Cong and the communist North. In short, the Cold War became hot in Vietnam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o4ujUxX9o4 VIDEO 2 - The idea is that U.S. forces will
drive the Viet Cong and North
Vietnamese (NVA) out of the South
by waging a war of attrition. The
year 1966 is one of unprecedented
escalation, with U.S. troop strength
in Vietnam rising from 180,000 at
the start of the year to 389,000 at
the end. For the 19- and 20-yearold
American troops, it is clear that
Vietnam is not their father’s war. By
the end of 1967, public support for
the war is severely dropping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sI6WzCH_C8 VIDEO 3 - In mid-January 1968, the North
Vietnamese (NVA) surround and attack the Marine base at Khe
Sanh, shocking the American
forces and the public back
home. Less than two weeks later,
what becomes known as the Tet
Offensive is lauched. It is the largest
enemy offensive of the entire war;
more than 120 cities, towns and
installations are simultaneously
hit. Though U.S. forces prevailed, it
seems that the war in Vietnam may
not be winnable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9PnqsbsWJk VIDEO 4 - Although severely depleted
after the Tet Offensive, North
Vietnamese forces take advantage
of the American social and
political upheaval. May 1968 is
the deadliest month of the entire
war – 2,169 Americans are killed
in action. In June 1968, General
Creighton Abrams replaces General
William Westmoreland as overall
commander in Vietnam. The episode
culminates in the battle for Hill 937
in the A Shau Valley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DVSF8sSFTg | CHAPTER SUMMARY Chapter 38 Kennedy’s New Frontier initiatives bogged down in congressional stalemate. Cold War confrontations over Berlin and Russian missiles in Cuba created threats of war. Countering Third World communism through flexible response led the administration into dangerous involvement in Vietnam and elsewhere.Johnson succeeded Kennedy and overwhelmingly defeated Goldwater. The black movement for integration and voting rights won great victories. Johnson used his huge congressional majorities to push through a mass of liberal Great Society legislation. Northern black ghettos erupted in violence amid calls for black power.Johnson escalated military involvement in the Dominican Republic and Vietnam. As the number of troops and casualties grew without producing military success, dovish protests against the war gained strength. Political opposition forced Johnson not to seek reelection, and the deep Democratic divisions over the war allowed Nixon to win the White House.
==================================== THE CENTURY: AMERICA'S TIME POISONED DREAMS (1960-64) Election of 1960 - Kennedy Administration - Space Race - Berlin Crisis - Cuban Missile Crisis -Civil Rights Movement (Major events) - Peace Corps - Early Intervention in Vietnam - JFK Assassination - LBJ Presidency - Student Protests - American action in Vietnam - Selma March - Civil Rights Legislation - Black Power Movement - Race Riots - Cultural Movement - Realities of Vietnam - 1968 THE CENTURY: AMERICA'S TIME UNPINNED (1965-1970) 1964 World's Fair - Freedom Summer - University and Student protests - Growing involvement in Vietnam - the Height of the Civil Rights Movement - MLK v Malcolm X - The 1960s Youth Movement - Rise of the Counter Culture - Women's Liberation Movement - Vietnam Protests |
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