VIETNAM

VIETNAM WAR

• The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese against South Vietnam and U.S
• South Vietnam was against communism
• More than 3 million people, including 58,000 americans were killed
• President Nixon authorzied a number of bombing raids against in Hanoi and Haiphong
• The U.S. National debt increased by 146 billion dollars

TET OFFENSIVE

• Largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War
• Started by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army
• The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese against South Vietnam and the U.S.
• North Vietnamese and The Viet Cong fiercely attacked on more than 100 cities in South Vietnam
• The Viet Cong showed American forces that they were a true threat.

ASSASINATIONS

ROBERT KENNEDY

• Presidential canidate of the1968 election
• Proposes a three point plan to end the Vietnam War
• Ending the war for the U.S means abandoning South Vietnam
• The plan included suspension of the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam
• Assassinated by 22-year old Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

• Delivered a speech against the Vietnam War
• The speech was called "Beyond Vietnam."
• Assassinated by James Earl Ray
• He proposed that the U.S stopped all bombings on North and South Vietnam
• His anti-war speeches drew connections between racisim, poverty, and militarism.

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PROTESTERS IN AMERICA

NORTH VIETNAM

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SOURCES

• Www.History.com
• Http:///www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/