*ID VIETNAM AS A COLONY OF FRANCE. -INDOCHINA -HO CHI MINH/ VIETMINH -1945-1954 “TIGER AND THE ELEPHANT” -DIEN BIEN PHU -THE GENEVA ACCORDS -VIETMINH (N. VIETNAM) VS. ANTI-COMMUNIST (S. VIETNAM *DESCRIBE HOW AMERICA GOT MORE INVOLVED IN VIETNAM. -”DOMINO THEORY” -DIEM 1956 -VIET CONG (NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT) -LBJ AND TONKIN GULF (8/64) -”ROLLING THUNDER” (2/65) -50,000 TROOPS (6/65) -1963-1969 ESCALATION OF MILITARY INVOLVEMENT *DESCRIBE THE NATURE OF THE WAR. -WEAPONS -TACTICS -GEOGRAPHY -THE ENEMY -DOMESTIC IMPACT -GREAT SOCIETY, TV, CREDIBILITY GAP, DIVISIVE *DESCRIBE THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT. -HAWKS VS. DOVES -DRAFT DEFERMENTS/ RESISTANCE -CAMPUS DISCONTENT -SDS…..MORE THAN 400 CAMPUSES *1968 -TET (1) -LBJ (3) -MLK (4) -RFK (6) -CHICAGO/ 68 ELECTION (8) (11) *DESCRIBE NIXON’S VNIZATION PLAN -H. KISSENGER -”PEACE WITH HONOR” -STALLED TALKS AND SECRET MEETINGS (68-72) -NIXON DOCTRINE (MATERIAL NOT MEN) -1968-1972 *ID EVENTS THAT INTENSIFIED PROTEST. -MY LAI (3/68) -CAMBODIA (4/70) (SECRET BOMBINGS) -KENT STATE (5/70) -PENTAGON PAPERS (6/71) -1972 ELECTION -”PEACE IS AT HAND” -“WATERGATE” -DEC. BOMBINGS -(1/22/73) TREATY SIGNED *ID RESULTS OF THE VIETNAM WAR. -CONTAINMENT ENDS -WAR POWERS ACT 1973 -VETS -NVN OVERTAKES SVN 1975 -REFUGEES VIETNAM BOMBING SVN FORCES VNIZATION BRING U.S. TROOPS HOME SVN RESPONSIBLE DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE PROTESTS/ KENT STATE VNIZATION AT HOME TONKIN GULF REPEALED WAR POWERS ACT HANOI STALLS WITHDRAWAL FROM WAR PARIS ACCORDS 1973 SVN INDEPENDENCE NOT ASSURED