American Studies by Dawson Eastwood https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey American Studies. Things I Need to Know... en-us 2016-02-11 14:36:47 UTC 2024-03-13 17:10:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/rose_close.jpg How did each President increase involvement? rcalles18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94603233 Truman: He sent 100 million dollars in aid.
Eisenhower: He wanted aid from other countries like Britain.
Kennedy: Sent inspection team to Vietnam. 
Johnson: Planned the bombing of Vietnam.]]> 2016-02-11 14:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94603233 What was the doves approach to vietnam bsandven18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94603255 Advocates a peaceful solution ]]> 2016-02-11 14:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94603255 The hawks approach to Vietnam? dfoy181 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94603491 Was more aggressive, with more ground troops.

]]> 2016-02-11 14:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94603491 What happens to a divided veitnam after the U.S. pulls out of the war and leaved the south alone to fight? bsandven18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94604487 North Vietnam takes over south,and the country becomes all communist. ]]> 2016-02-11 14:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94604487 How did television affect people at home (in the U.S.) interpretation of the war?  dfoy181 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94604958 It was the first time people could see what was going on during the war. They saw villages being burned, kids being burned to death, and American body bags being sent home.

]]> 2016-02-11 14:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94604958 What were the feelings for the people at home? bsandven18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94606527 At first the Americans thought it was a good idea to stop the spread of communism. Then people started seeing what happened on TV. This changed their perspective of the war and they didn't want anything to do with the war anymore.  ]]> 2016-02-11 14:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94606527 Describe the Tet Offensive of 1968 and how it affected Johnson's presidency? dfoy181 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94608345 North Korea sent 70,000 troops to attack more than 100 cities in South Korea. So many people started to question Johnson's statement and the military.

]]> 2016-02-11 14:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94608345 What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? How did it expand Presidential Powers? deastwood18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94608637 The president can do whatever is neccesary to prevent aggresion in North Vietnam. Escalate the war.]]> 2016-02-11 14:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94608637 What was the war like for American soldiers in Vietnam? rcalles18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94609367 They were used for Search and Destroy tactics without them knowing. Many of them died.]]> 2016-02-11 14:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94609367 What is a "war of attrition" how was that applied in the Vietnam war bsandven18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94611886 It's a military tactic, in which a country attempts to win the war by wearing down the enemy to a point of collapse. This applied to the Vietnam war because the U.S. aimed to inflict heavy losses on the Vietnam Cong forces.  ]]> 2016-02-11 15:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94611886 deastwood18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94612076 Kennedy's Speech for inspection team into Vietnam.]]> 2016-02-11 15:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94612076 deastwood18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94612877 http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history
Provides history for the Vietnam War.]]> 2016-02-11 15:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94612877 deastwood18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94613538 http://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War
Why Vietnam split.]]> 2016-02-11 15:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94613538 Nixon uses a carrot and Stick approach to end the war. Explain what that means and how does he eventually end the war? dfoy181 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94613755 Rewards and punishment to induce behavior. ]]> 2016-02-11 15:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94613755 deastwood18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94844011 http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/history/
Provides history for the Vietnam War.]]> 2016-02-12 14:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94844011 rcalles18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94844884 Vietnam: Brief History Video]]> 2016-02-12 14:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94844884 How did the people of South Vietnam react to the war and U.S  intervention? dfoy181 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94845565 They just went along with the U.S helping their leader.]]> 2016-02-12 14:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94845565 rcalles18 https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94848197 2016-02-12 14:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/deastwood18/b36yjbw9iwey/wish/94848197