Overcoming Great Odds

 

Was America's involvement in Vietnam justifiable?

  • Why did America get involved in Vietnam?
  • How did the American public feel about the Vietnam War?
  • When it was over, had the Vietnam War accomplished the goals set out by the Americans at the beginning of the War?
The Terror of War
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The Associated Press' Nick Ut captured this award-winning photograph in 1972. The photograph depicts children fleeing from a napalm bomb during the Vietnam War. This photograph is thought to be one of the most memorable photographs of the 20th century. (AP Images)http://teenhistorians.nyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/THblog_3.jpg

Standards

WH.H.7.3 - Analyze economic and political rivalries, ethnic and regional conflics, and nationalism and imperialism as underlying causes of war.

WH.H.8.1 - Evaluate global wars in terms of how they challenged political and economic power structures and gave rise to new balances of power.