Unit+8

Johnson

 * Persident number 36
 * democrat and also served from 1963-1969
 * Promised to follow in JFK's footsteps
 * Got in peoples faces just intimidate them
 * Did alot of improvements for society and to better the everyday life and technology also to improve health.
 * Cut the percentage of those who live in peverty by 1/2
 * Doubled the soldiers in vietnam by twice as much
 * Wanted to as for peace between Vietnam and U.S but failed
 * got blamed for death during the wars

Map 839 Indo China Southeast Asia

 * Coastal-Fulf of Tonkin/ Spouth China sea
 * Very narrow and its Borders are=China, Loas and Cambodia
 * Alot of rivers meaning it a very wet, and hot and humid country... diseas and miquitos
 * Many U.S bases were located in SOUTH vietname and also Thailand\
 * Communist (viet Com) used the Ho Chi Ninh Trail to supply the Viet Com's
 * United States invaded Cambodia

Vietnam War Project/Timeline-

 * July 27, 1953 || Negotiations at Panmunjom || Agreament signed ending the hostilities.Each antagonist was to take out its troops a mile and a half from the existing battle line, (38th parallel) ||
 * 1954 || Siege at Dien Bien Phu || 12,000 French troops became surrounded in a disastrous siege eat the village of Dien Bien Phu. America was beleived to be the only one who could stop the collapse of french revolution but Eisenhower still refused to join the war. ||
 * August 1964 || Gulf of Tonkin Resolution || The House, Senate, and Congress passed the Resolution that authorized the president to "take all necessary measures" to protect American forces and "prevent further aggression" in Southeast Asia. Some believed it was a reason for escalation of conflict. ||
 * 1959 || National Liberation Front || AKA Viet Cong- an organization was established to overthrow the "puppet regime" of Diem and bring the nation back together. By 1961 they killed about 4,000 gov officials a year. ||
 * November 1963 || Diem Overthrow || Keneddy gave his South Viet generals the go head to assassinate Diem and His brother and principal adviser. That established new governments, which were for over years unstable. ||
 * January 31, 1968 || Tet Offensive || it was where the communists had taken much of the important cities in the south. and though the Americans and South Vietnamese were able to take them back, this did not end the growing oppoistion to war in American society. ||
 * 1971 || My Lai Massacre || when American soldiers killed the 300 south vietnamese civilians, america was greatly shocked by this and concluded that beucase so much time was spent in Vietnam, American soldiers there were becoming more unhuman and the american society believed that this was another reason to stop the war and bring the soldier back. ||
 * March 1971 || Easter Offensive || the communists attacked the south vietnamese and americans, though fortunately, the south and americans were able to halt the advance. however, it was clear that without american aid, the offense would have souh vietnam completely under communist control. therefore, america played an important role in the south vietnam effort. however, it was also clear that america was too deeply involved in vietnam without any benefit. ||
 * October 26 1972 || Kissinger || the americans and vietnamese were ready to get the war over with. yet, south vietnamese insistence in kicking the communsits out stalled the time. this is important because the war would have ended earlier, if it hadnt been for the insistence. the communsits would have tken over anyway, yet the south vietnamese still wanted to take back south vietnam. ||
 * April 1975 || Fall of Saigon || now that the South Vienamese were weak, the communsits took this opporutniy and took over south vietnam. though many americans were already gone by that time, many South Vietnamese tried to go as well, which led to disorder as many tried to flee the country. However, it was too late as the communsits took over. they conquered Saigon and renamed it Ho Chi Minh City. ||

Opinions:

 * North vs Sounth
 * **Pro Communist vs Anti- Communist**
 * Rich vs Poor ??
 * American Allies vs the Vietnamese Allies
 * **North= uniting Vietnam north wanted to be all comm and be united and not devided**
 * **South= fighting comm fighting for freedom**
 * **A way for America to stop Communism from spreading.**
 * **A direct result following of Trumans containment doctrine.**
 * **The idea that all people in what ever country deserve rights and America can help thosee people have those rights.**

Chapter 32- THE NEW LEFT

 * Challenges to powers
 * Male dominated asspects of society
 * Colleges and Universities
 * Family roles and traditions
 * Governments are being Challenges as well
 * Social Noms (how someone is supposed to act)
 * Also against the military as well (although the President iis the commander in chief) SINCE IT WAS THE FIRST TELEVISED WARR!!!

THE NEW LEFT- A time when young adults that challenged how policitcal and social norms affected there daily lives. Looking for equality and rights. If you are on the left you are LIBERAL if you are on the right then you are conservative.
 * Students believed that they could not express there political beliefs.. NO FREE SPEECH.

The Counterculture
A new sort of culture for the young adults with the beliefe of freedom to do what ever they liked. The Hippies were part of the Counterculture, they like to have long hair, shabby or flamboyant clothing, and a rebellious disdain for traditional speech and decorum. Marijuana was also a big part of the counterculture and so was drinking and also many other drugs. The idea behind this new movemnt was the idea that one could dop what ever it takes to become "free" or have fun. Sex played a major role as well, The emergencce of more relaxed approaches to sexuality was a resulf less of the couterculture than of the new accesibility of effective contraceptives (birth control, abortion). The slogan for that time was "Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll" meaning that is all what they needed to make them express themselves as care free.

New Feminism-

 * Feminism-** belief (ism) that women should have equal rights and opportunity as men. Socialy. politically, economicly.
 * Womens liberation-** womens movement that helped them gain the opportunity to express them selves more freely. It also broke woman away from the typical domestic duties. This improved the ability of woman to live life more freely. Free will and free choice Such topics were about:
 * Abortion/ birth control pills
 * Education
 * Politics
 * Work oppertunities
 * Marriage/ family/ HOME
 * Free will to choose to do w.e they wanted

Women begin to open there own stores and communities to have there OWN PIE. since they could not have a piece of the mens pies. Freedom from male dominance. Most women stayed with there family or husband because they knew that if they left then they would have nothing and all there oppertunities would die or they would loose them.

Reaganomics

 * Ronald Reagan believed that if he were to cut taxes that it would help the economy to get back on track.
 * Reagan also believed in order to get the economy in good condition he would also have to cut federal spending.
 * Trying to decrease inflation was also a main concern and that came with the federal spending cuts.
 * He tried to get back intouch with the rest of the world so america could be trusted again by its citizens and also by other foreign nations. (Reagan Doctrine)
 * Trying to cut down the debt of america was also a big concern of Reagan because he was scared that the debt would never go away and would again effect the american economy and in a bad way
 * Encouraging new investments by "sucking-up" to the rich and giving the corporations and the rich many benefits
 * A believer in Lazai-fair capitalism and also a conservative (republican)
 * Great communicator and good sense of humor
 * When he survived the shooting is showed that he was a strong person and was willing to fight for his spot
 * Having to fund the Nicuragua gorilla war with the money that he was funding the war in Iran. (got blamed for it greatly)
 * Blamed that it was not the governments problem but government WAS the problem.
 * Reagan's leadership was the reason America won the cold war.
 * Became very good friends with the leader of the Soviet Union and it was bringing the collapse of the Soviet Union closer.
 * Berlin wall litterarly was broken and teared down thanks to Reagans saying "TEAR DOWN THIS WALL"