VIETNAM PROJECT

Vietnam is Americas longest war it lasted
From 1954-1975 but the U.S was involved from 1961-1975

8,744,000 soldiers were engaged to battle.
47,410 were killed

The war finally ended when the U.S signed a cease fire in paris in 1973 war still broke out in the region but north korea's victory in 1975 ended the longest war in U.S history

WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE

• Eisenhower 1953-1961
• Kennedy 1961-1963
• Johnson 1963-1969
• Nixon 1969-1974
• The vietnam war officially ended in 1975

What caused the vietnam war?
What cause the war was the policy of containment, the U.S wanted to stop the spread of communism and to do that they had to stop Vietnam from being communist

WHEN WAS THE VIETNAM WAR

Where was the Vietnam war fought?
Vietnam was fought inside of Vietnam a country in Asia so Vietnam had the upper hand of knowing the land and knowing exactly where to go during war

Why did the U.S get involved?
At first the war was fought between China and Vietnam, but the U.S got involved in 1961 in order to stop the spread on communism

Vietnam Timeline

• March 8 1965 U.S troops arrive in Vietnam
• December 1968 U.S troops reach 540,000 in Vietnam
• September 3 1969 Vietnam leader dies at age 79
• January 27, 1973 ceased fire is signed
• March 29 1973 all troops leave Vietnam

The presidents running in the 1968 election
Richard Nixon - republican
Hubert Humphrey - Democrat
George Wallace - American independant

Who won the election and by how much?
Republican Richard Nixon won the election over Hubert Humphrey and 31 of 50 states voted for Nixon

National convention of 1968 in Chicago
Held on August 26-29th its a important in the nations political and cultural history brought up by the Vietnam policy's by president Johnson

Riots in Chicago
The riots in Chicago were caused by the anti-war groups that were protesting outside of the convention there were over 100 anti-war groups and the police confronted them which started violent confrentation

THE CONVENTION
Hubert Humphrey brought over 100 delegates with him because he thought his nomination was in jeopardy therefore Humphrey won every fight inside the convention

THE CONVENTION
The issue of the convention was vietnam and the debate on the peace plank and during the peace plank talks the "battle on Michigan Ave" started

THE CONVENTION
Hubert humphrey won the nomination by 1,000 votes

SOURCES

• http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/chicago/facts/chicago68/ind...
• http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769991.html
• http://history1900s.about.com/od/vietnamwar/a/vietnamtimeline.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1968
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