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VietnamElections and End of U.S.
Involvement
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Reactions Walter Cronkite – Newsman - 1968“We have too often been disappointed by the
optimism of the American Leaders…for it seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate”
“If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost middle America.”- LBJ
What does LBJ mean?
What are some events before and after this comment that provide support to Cronkite?
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Objectives Understand the Elections of ‘68 and
‘72
Understand Nixon’s exit strategy
How did the Vietnam war change Americans’ perception of our government?
Legacies of Vietnam
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1968 Election Democratic Party
1968= Great Society < Civil Rights < Vietnam
Challengers arise in Democratic Party-Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy – Anti-War
Robert Kennedy and MLK Assassinated
Democratic National Convention in Chicago
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1968 Election
10,000 Protestors – 600 arrested What do other Americans see?
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1968 Election
Republicans Richard Nixon – “Law and Order” at home and
Secret Plan for Vietnam “War must be ended. It must be ended
honorably”
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1968 Election Independent Party – George Wallace
Southern Democrat against ultra-liberal policies (Great Society, Civil Rights)
Against war protestors
Appealing to Republicans and Democrats
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1968 Election Popular Vote: Nixon 43.4%
Humphrey 42.7%Wallace 13.5%
Nixon enjoys wider margin in Electoral College and takes presidency with confidence.
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Nixon’s Goal
End U.S. Involvement
Vietnamization
Lower Troop Numbers
Peace Negotiations with North
Set up Anti-Communist Government in South
Don’t LOSE the war with American troops
“PEACE WITH HONOR”
Appeal to the Silent Majority
Widen the war
No longer military defeat of Communists
April 1969 – 543K Troops in Vietnam
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Increased Distrust of Gov’t My Lai Massacre – 1968 and 1969
Secret War (Cambodia and Laos)
Pentagon Papers
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1972 Election Nixon vs. McGovern (huge war critic)
26th Amendment in 1971
Kissinger Announces “Peace at Hand”
Nixon Landslide
Christmas Bombings
All but 24,000 U.S. troops are gone
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Peace Agreement January of 1973
Paris Peace Accord (U.S., North, South, VC)
-Cease Fire-Withdraw of U.S. troops from Vietnam-U.S. to help rebuild-Vietnamese troops hold positions while discussions continue over future
Nobel Peace Prize
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Real end of war 1975 – North Vietnam invades south
April – they reach and overrun Saigon
U.S. Military has to evacuate Americans
Unified Vietnam with communist government in South
Khmer Rouge take over Cambodia
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Legacies of Vietnam War Changes view of American
government
War Powers Act 1973
“Is this another Vietnam”?
Struggle of Vietnam Veterans
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, D.C.