Today we continued our talk on Vietnam.
Nixon called for the "vietnamization" of the war.
--we are gonna allow the Vietnamese people fight.
"Peace with Honor"
Gradually pull US troops out and train the ARVN to take our place in fighting the North.
Expanded the ear into Laos and Cambodia leading to college protests (Kent St.)
January 15, 1973, president Nixon announced the suspension of offensive action in north vietnam.
The Paris peace accors were layer signed January 27,1973 which officially ended US involvement in the Vietnam conflict
1. fighting stopped
2. US troops were pulled out of war
Peace??
the peace agreement did not last
in march, 1975, the north invaded the south.
the south was not strong enough and fell quickly
saigon, the south's capital fell on April 30, 1975
saigon is re-named Ho chi Minh city i honor of the former president Ho Chi Minh
group test questions are 7-11
semester tests are all questions
JIMMY CARTER
39th president
1977-1981
only US president to have recieved the Nobel Peace Prize after leaving office
definitely a peoples president
Had been a peanut farmer and governor of Georgia before being president
strongly emphasized human rights as president
has been a very active former president
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