The Vietnam War ended in 1975 when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon. President Johnson's approval rating dropped 12 percentage points to 36% in response to the war, prompting him not to seek re-election. Although Richard Nixon campaigned on bringing "Peace with Honor" in Vietnam, his secret bombing of Cambodia angered many Americans. The war had huge costs, including 58,000 American deaths, 300,000 wounded, and lasting psychological impacts on veterans.

2. Section 3
End of the War

3. How did the Hippie counter-culture
express its ideals in the 1960s?
Challenged authority & traditional
society
Individual freedom
Non-violence
Communal sharing

4. How low did Johnson’s approval rating
drop? What was his reaction?
From 48 to 36
What percentage drop is this?
“I shall not seek, and will not accept, the
nomination of my party for another term as
president.”

5. Who did many Democrats
oppose?
Hubert Humphrey
He was opposed because
of his close ties to
President Johnson

6. Who said he would bring Peace with
Honor?
Richard Nixon wins
1968 election
Didn’t want to admit
loss in Vietnam, looks
to end the war with
“honor”

8. What did Nixon do to make many
Americans mad?
Bombing raids in Cambodia

9. What were students protesting @
Kent State?
Secret bombing of Cambodia
4 students killed, 9 wounded

10. In the 1972 presidential election,
voters 18-21 could vote for the first
time because of what?
26th amendment

11. Nixon’s plan was called?
Vietnamization
Turn over fighting in this war to the South
Vietnamese

12. How did the war end?
WAR ENDS WHEN
N. VIETNAMESE
FORCES CAPTURE
SIAGON IN 1975!

13. What ended up happening in
Vietnam after we left?
South Vietnamese forces could not hold
N. Vietnamese take over whole country
Vietnam becomes the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam (basically communist)

14. Costs and Effects
58,000 dead
300,000 wounded
Some veterans
insulted- baby killers
PTSD
War Memorial