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Nixon & the Vietnam War
Read the article and answer the following questions:
1. What is the purpose of Vietnamization? 2. At the same time that the Vietnamization plan was put in place, however, the Nixon administration also ______________ U.S. military activity in other parts of Southeast Asia. In April 1970, for example, the president secretly authorized bombing campaigns and a ground invasion of neutral ______________. 3. Describe the January 1973 peace agreement reached by the United States and North Vietnamese leaders. |
vietnam protests
Click the image for a photo gallery! Answer the questions below!
Image 1: Where did a majority of anti-war protests occur? Image 6: How did some veterans express their opposition to the war? Image 7: What announcement by Nixon caused mass protests on college campuses? Image 8: What was the result of the Kent State University protests? |
Fall of Saigon
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Image 2: Who invaded the city of Saigon April 29, 1975 Image 3: Who helped evacuees out of the city? Image 6: Why did South Vietnamese abandon their uniforms? Image 10: Who did many Vietnamese view as a symbol of their country's struggle for independence? |
war powers resolution
Detente
Click on the image of the ping pong paddles and read the brief article. Using the article answer the following questions:
1. How did Henry Kissinger take advantage of the rift between the Soviet Union and China? 2. How did the United States and China begin to cooperate with each other? 3. What was the purpose of the SALT 1 Treaty? 4. Define "detente" 5. How did Nixon bring balance among the world's superpowers?
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Watergate scandal
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Watch the video and answer the following questions. 1. What did the Pentagon papers reveal? 2. How did President Nixon harrass his political enemies. 3. June 1972 what happened? 4. How did President NIxon cover up information about the bugulary at the Watergate hotel? 5. President Nixon was subpoeaned to relsease the tapes from the recording devices he installed in the White House. Why did he refuse to release them? 6. What was the reaction of the public to the "Saturday Night Massacre"? 7. What happened August 8,1974? Nixon made history as the first president to resign! You can watch a clip of his official resignation speech here! |
watergate political cartoons
View the cartoons below about the Watergate Scandal. According to each cartoonist, what is their perspective about President Nixon's behavior. Click on each image to enlarge it!