The Vietnam War Years Padlet by Emily Cook https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad en-us 2021-05-05 16:37:51 UTC 2024-05-21 06:20:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Emily and Danny's History Project cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503044760 2021-05-07 16:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503044760 1945-1977 Political and Historical Events cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503058555 From the Cold War, JFK being elected president, to the nuclear power accident, many events happened in the timeline from 1945-1977. There were also events outside the United States, like a soviet man becoming the first man in outer space, and Iranian military hold 52 U.S. people hostage.]]> 2021-05-07 16:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503058555 Background of the war:1945-1960- Truman and Eisenhower Years cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503063913  The conflict in Vietnam took root during an independence movement against French colonial rule and evolved into a Cold War confrontation. During the late fifties, Vietnam was divided into a communist North and anti-communist South. Because of the war anxiety of the time, the general feeling was that, should the North Vietnamese communists win, the remainder of Southeast Asia would also fall to communism. Truman and Eisenhower served back to back as the 33rd and 34th presidents, but despite many similarities, they had their differences, beginning with their political parties. Harry S. Truman was a Democrat, and Dwight D. Eisenhower was a Republican. Both men were strong leaders, equipped to deal with tough decisions.

]]> 2021-05-07 16:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503063913 JFK's Policy in Vietnam 1961-1963 cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503074989 The Kennedy administration came into the White House House in 1961. He increased financial aid to Diem's regime. He sent many military advisers to train and prepare South Vietnamese soldiers. Over time Diem caused problems, and it became clear that in order for South Vietnam to be stable, Diem had to be out of the picture. Soon he was assassinated, and a few weeks later Kennedy was too. Before his death, Kennedy announced his want to withdraw the U.S. forces from South Vietnam, he thought it if was taken over by communist it would be destroyed. ]]> 2021-05-07 16:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503074989 The My Lai Massacre cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503080119 March 16, 1968, a U.S. platoon massacred innocent people in a village called My Lai, South Vietnam. Troops proceeded to shoot 200 Vietnamese, but claim they weren't responsible for the shootings because they were only following orders. This was a very devastating day for many of the villagers.]]> 2021-05-07 16:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503080119 Strategies cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503082730 The strategic hamlet was considered a way to get the widest response to the governments effort. All were in South Vietnam, and President Eisenhower was responsible for it. Its purpose was to reduce influence of the communists, and put poorer populations into safer and segregated positions. ]]> 2021-05-07 16:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503082730 Student and Activism Changing Times cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503088178 Ideas of FMS and SDS went and spread to college campuses. Mostly they focused on issues like dress codes, curfews, and dorm regulations. However once information spread they realized the issue they joined together to protest. In 1960 it was clear many younger people, teens and college students, understood the nation needed a major change. ]]> 2021-05-07 16:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503088178 Resistance to War cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503090482 The resistance. Equally prevalent in the military during the Vietnam War were acts of disobedience and defiance of authority. One of the most common and significant forms of GI resistance was absence without leave. Absentee and desertion rates during the Vietnam War soared to record levels.]]> 2021-05-07 16:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503090482 Reflections of the Counterculture cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503092729 Counterculture of the 1960s refers to a cultural shock-wave that started in the United States and United Kingdom in the early 1960s and spread across the Western cultures until the early 1970s consisting of anti-embellishment beliefs and actions. The roots of the hippie subculture can be found in many different European subcultures from as early as the 1900s, some even before. During the movement, Hippies became the largest and most prominent countercultural group in the States.]]> 2021-05-07 16:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503092729 The Music World cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503093707 During the 60's, Hippies and activists used music as a way for political expressions. Some songs created and used for this were "The Times are A-Changin" by Bob Dylan, and "We Shall Overcome" by Joan Baez and Pete Seeger. That song became known as an anthem for the civil rights movement. ]]> 2021-05-07 16:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503093707 United States Withdraws and Fall of Saigon cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503109067 After many years, North Vietnam invaded the South. Thieu asked the United States for help. President Ford gave a speech to show the Nation's  attitude. North Vietnamese soon captured Saigon and the South surrendered. ]]> 2021-05-07 16:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503109067 Legacy of the War cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503112356 The Vietnam War is said to be described as the longest in American history, before involvement in Afghanistan, and the conflict remains especially costly. During the Vietnam War, the US dropped more than 270 million bombs in neighboring Laos. Only one-third of the bombs actually went off though.
 Over 2,700,000 Americans served in uniform in Vietnam, and over 58,000 were killed or reported missing. Estimates of Vietnamese deaths range over one million. The impacts of the war are important, and Memorial Day provides a particularly appropriate time for reflection. 
]]> 2021-05-07 16:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1503112356 Conclusion cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1521650494 In conclusion when 1990 began it was the cold war has ended. During the war the U.S showed that they had more power than the people in Vietnam. But after the war ended everyone had high hopes that there would be peace in the world and that there was  no point in having wars.]]> 2021-05-13 16:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1521650494 Impacts of the Vietnam Cold War cook1372 https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1521745381 The short term impact of the war was that 58,000 Americans were killed and 300,000 were wounded. Also the war had cost America $200 billion. I think that was a lot of money to be wasted on a war. The long term impacts of the war was that the war ruined both North and South Vietnam. -In 1969, around 1,034,300 hectares of forest was destroyed.  Today there are still many children in Vietnam growing up with various diseases and disabilities affected by the harmful chemicals carried out in the war. Which I think isn’t really fair to the people of Vietnam to be livening that way.]]> 2021-05-13 16:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cook1372/6665j6r09d0ergad/wish/1521745381