Vietnam: 1969 - 1975

Part III: Vietnamization, Negotiation, and Reunification

Vietnam Inquiry Question: What lessons should we learn from the decades-long Vietnamese struggle for independence?

Part III → Focus Questions:

A. How did American policy and strategy change between 1969 and 1975 and what were the consequences?

B. How and why did criticism of and resistance to the Vietnam War escalate?

Part III: Textbook

Part III: Foundational Textbook

1969, Peace Talks begin in Paris

1969, Tinker v. Des Moines

1969, (February 24) Tinker v. Des Moines

1969, Vietnamization

1969, Woodstock

1969, Washington D.C. anti-war protest

1969, My Lai Massacre cover-up reported

1969, The first draft lottery

1970, Invasion of Cambodia

1970, Kent State shooting

1971, Pentagon Papers published

1971, 26th Amendment ratified

1972, Operation Linebacker

1973, Paris Peace Accords

1973, War Powers Act

1975, Fall of Saigon

1982, Vietnam Memorial opened in Washington D.C.

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