VIETNAM AND WATERGATE

War in Vietnam

I. War in Vietnam

            A. Anti-Communist Context:

                        Containment and Domino Thinking

                       

B. Escalation

                        1. Advisors:

                        2. Lyndon Baines Johnson "Great Society"

                                    --SEE LIST BELOW--

                        3. Gulf of Tonkin

                        4. Rolling Thunder

5. The Crucial Year: 1968

a. Anti-War Movement—SDS

            Anti-War Music:

fixin to die rag country joe

war Edwin starr

ohio Crosby stills nash young

masters of war dylan

           

b. The Tet Offensive

                                    c. Enter Tricky Dick:

"secret plan"

II. Watergate

A. Break-In/Cover-Up

B. Reform:

                        1. War Powers Act of 1973

                        2. Congressional Budget and                                                                                     Impoundment Act

                        3. Fair Campaign Act of 1974

                        4. Freedom of Information Act

                        5. --Attitude Adjustment--

III. Losing a War:

SOME OF THE POLICY PRODUCTS OF THE GREAT SOCIETY

Head Start

Upward Bound

Job Corps

Volunteers in Service to America

Office of Economic Opportunity

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

Immigration Act of 1965

Public Works and Economic Development Act

Clean Air Act

Highway Safety Act

R and D bills

Historic Preservation Act

Crime bills

Medicaire

Medicaid

Affirmative Action