HIST 106 1st Edition Lecture 19 Outline of Last Lecture I Anti Communism in the 1950 s II Vietnam War III Cuban Missile Crisis Outline of Current Lecture I II III IV John F Kennedy s Death Vietnam War Lyndon Johnson The 1960 s Current Lecture JFK s death Assassination took place November 22nd 1963 The warren report of the death said that the assignation was in the hands of a single shooter Lee Harvey Oswald but also states that the real answer won t be known for another 100 years Lee Harvey Oswald was captured by the police and taken to the station and was shot by Jack Ruby o Jack Ruby died of cancer in prison People saw his death as a broken promise Lyndon Johnson He does everything that JFK promised to do o Calls his administration The Great Society o 10 tax cut o Pours money into the machine o Passes Medicare School lunches Volunteer to America ect Runs for reelection in 1964 Vietnam War These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute French are trying to take back holdings in Vietnam At the Battle of Dien Bein Phu the French turn Vietnam over to US Most of the people killed in Bien Vein Phu were German US promises to let them have a nationwide election US cancels the 1956 election because we thought the Communist side would win The war begins to heat up 1963 o Rise of Black Power Rise of organizations 1964 o Two American gun boats take a run into Vietnam don t know why o Vietnam fired on US ship o Johnson passes the Bay of Tonkin Resolution can t shoot at US ships o Johnson is now running the war o How does the public end the war o If you were white 1 out of 20 chance of being killed or wounded o Latino 1 out of 6 o Black 1 out of 5 o People are starting to see that minorities are fighting the war o Women s Rights Movement o Women s Free Speech Movement US o Economy is doing very well o Johnson concentrates on helping the ecology and poverty o He bases it off two books Silent Spring says we are poisoning the planet by the things we are using How The Other Half Lives talks about poverty o Civil Rights Supreme Court has declared that Separate is not equal but public is not complying o 1966 Students are protesting o The 1960 s is like when the top blows off a pressure cooker o In Vietnam Viet Mihm The North Communists NVA Viet Cong Those who believe in the North but live in the South o 1968 The most violent and dangerous year in America MLK Jr was assassinated Chicago and L A was set on fire My Lai Massacre US soldiers shoot about 200 people because of a rumor that they were all communist Tet Offensive Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army rose up US pubic was being mislead about what was going on in the War o o o 1969 1971 1972 Johnson announces he would rather be a peace maker than a war maker and is going to step down from Presidency People are stunned Richard Nixon steps up In order to win he says he has a secret plan to end the war Turns out he had not secret plan 1st thing he does is expand the war o Country is going mad Walter Brocki says we have lost the war US soldiers are starting to kill their officers 165 officers are killed The army is starting to recruit civilians Things that helped us get out of the war o Kung Phu a popular TV show o Star Trek Interracial kiss o A show about people killing each other for the color of their face o People are able to watch the war on TV and see loved ones get killed Shooting at Kent State US is becoming very aggressive Nixon is reelected Voices are being heard that are saying we need to end the war