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1. Foreign Policy in the 1960s
I. Vietnam Antiwar music
A. Origins
B. Kennedy and the War
C. Johnson and Escalation
D. The Beginning of the End
II. The Cold War Heats up
A. Berlin Crisis
B. Cuban Missile Crisis

2. French Indochina-
Occupied by Japan during WW II

3. Ho Chi Minh
• Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during
WW II

4. Ho Chi Minh
• Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during
WW II
• Communist leader of N. Vietnam after War.

5. Ho Chi Minh
• Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during
WW II
• Communist leader of N. Vietnam after War.
• Fought Civil War with French from 1945-
1954

6. Ho Chi Minh
• Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during
WW II
• Communist leader of N. Vietnam after War.
• Fought Civil War with French from 1945-
1954
• French lost at battle of Dien Bien Phu and
United States supported South Vietnam
against the Communist North.

7. Ngo Diem
Leader of South Vietnam

8. Vietnam under J.F. Kennedy

9. Vietnam under JFK
• Kennedy continues Eisenhower policy of
supporting Diem government.

10. Vietnam under JFK
• Kennedy continues Eisenhower policy of
supporting Diem government.
• Increases number of advisors from 2000 in
1960 to 16,000 by the end of 1963.

11. Vietnam under JFK
• Kennedy continues Eisenhower policy of
supporting Diem government.
• Increases number of advisors from 2000 in
1960 to 16,000 by the end of 1963.
• Buddhist majority in Vietnam protests the
brutal treatment from Diem (R. Catholic)
• Leads to:

12. Self-immolation of Buddhist
Monk-1963

13. Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson

14. Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson
• Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in
1963 to:

15. Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson
• Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in
1963 to:
• 184,000 by 1965

16. Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson
• Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in
1963 to:
• 184,000 by 1965
• 300,000 by 1966

17. Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson
• Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in
1963 to:
• 184,000 by 1965
• 300,000 by 1966
• 500,000 by 1968

18. Gulf of Tonkin Incident
• Johnson told Congress that two American
ships had been fired upon by N. Vietnamese

19. Gulf of Tonkin Incident
• Johnson told Congress that two American
ships had been fired upon by N. Vietnamese
• Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
which gives Pres. Johnson authority to do
whatever it took to protect American
interests in Vietnam.

20. The My Lai Massacre

21. Execution of suspected Vietcong
by Saigon’s Police Chief

22. American troops in Vietnam

23. • Ballad of the Green Berets - Sing Along Music +
Brownielocks.
• Country Joe and the Fish: “Fixin’ to Die
Rag”

24. US Troops leaving Saigon

25. Fidel Castro

26. John F. Kennedy

27. Nikita Khrushchev-Premier of
the Soviet Union

28. Timeline of foreign policy crisis
• 1959-Castro controls Cuba

29. Timeline of foreign policy crisis
• 1959-Castro controls Cuba
• 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails

30. Timeline of foreign policy crisis
• 1959-Castro controls Cuba
• 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails
• 1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at
Vienna

31. Timeline of foreign policy crisis
• 1959-Castro controls Cuba
• 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails
• 1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at
Vienna
• 1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up.

32. Timeline of foreign policy crisis
• 1959-Castro controls Cuba
• 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails
• 1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at
Vienna
• 1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up.
• 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis

33. Timeline of foreign policy crisis
• 1959-Castro controls Cuba
• 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails
• 1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at
Vienna
• 1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up
• 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis
• 1963- Safe Arms talks begin

34. Timeline of foreign policy crisis
• 1959-Castro controls Cuba
• 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails
• 1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at
Vienna
• 1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up
• 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis
• 1963- Safe Arms talks begin
• - Hot Line installed