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Vietnam War Comes To An End. With the war creeping on with no victory in sight, Americans try to deal with the losses at home. The Tet Offensive Turns the Tide. January 30, 1968 (New Years Eve) Celebrated in Vietnam as the start of Tet Tet = New Year celebration - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Vietnam War Comes To An End
With the war creeping on with no victory in sight, Americans try to deal with the losses at home.
The Tet Offensive Turns the Tide
January 30, 1968 (New Years Eve) Celebrated in Vietnam as
the start of Tet
Tet = New Year celebration
No fighting usually took place this day.
North Vietnam Surprise Attacks! Tet Offensive
84,000 Vietcong attack major areas of South Vietnam including:
US army bases
S. Vietnam capital Saigon
US would never win another battle in North Vietnam
Election Year of 1968
LBJ does not run for re-election
Richard Nixon (Republican) Ran on slogan “you can’t
trust Democrats” “I will end this war!”
Hubert Humphrey (Democrat) Claimed to want to end war
as well
Protests Break Out Across US
By 1969 Its clear that Vietnam War is not going to end
Nixon lied! Even started to send more troops to other SE Asia areas
Cambodia Laos Over 1.2 million troops in SE Asia
In Vietnam US still trying to get Vietcong out of South Vietnam
New York Times releases the Pentagon Papers
Documents that revealed the government had lied about: How the war in Vietnam
was going
Sending US troops to Cambodia
Amount of actual US deaths
Kent State University
May 4, 1970 Supposedly KSU
students set fire to campus ROTC building.
Protesting troops being sent to Cambodia
Ohio Governor John James Rhodes “I will eradicate these
protestors!” How?
News Spreads!
KSU shootings become national news quickly!
Then, it happens again.
Jackson State University In Mississippi
Police shoot 2 students for “protesting”
Surely Nixon Can’t Win Again!
Election of 1972 Nixon runs on campaign
of “cease fire” in Vietnam Bring the boys home!
Wins election in a landslide
Small election change 26th Amendment
Voting age lowered from 21 to 18
Congress does not trust Nixon!
1972 North Vietnam offered a cease fire.
US troops could leave S. Vietnam S. Vietnam would get own democratic government
Had to have Vietminh political party involved!
Good plan, right? S. Vietnam says no!
We support them so…..
Nixon Tries to Erase N. Vietnam For 2 weeks
US drops 40,000 tons of bombs over N. Vietnam Still hopes Vietcong would
give up!
Doesn’t work…
Finally, January 1973 Congress starts to bring
troops home.
S. Vietnam government falls apart.
April 30, 1975 Saigon falls to Vietcong!
S. Vietnam surrenders to Communists.
1973 Congress passes War
Powers Act Gives Congress back
“right to declare war”
Limits military commitment by President to 60 days! Supposedly….
Vietnam Veterans
Over 2 million troops sent to Vietnam
58,000 thousand die
300,000 injured
25,000 Missing in Action
1.2 claim PTSD and Agent Orange Disease