Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Vietnam War
Examine the Vietnam War through this summary, the transcript of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, questions for analysis, references for further reading, and a question/answer section from the community.
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University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Vietnam War [Pdf]
A presentation covering the history of the Vietnam War beginning with the war for independence from France when it was a French colony. Covers the Geneva Accord and the war between the North and the South and how America became involved....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Vietnam War
A quick comprehension check over the Vietnam War.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980:the Election of 1968
Read about the pivotal election of 1968, which pitted Richard Nixon against Hubert Humphrey in a race shaped by backlash against the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Richard Nixon as President
Learn about Nixon's presidency, including his strategy to get the United States out of the Vietnam War, his foreign policy maneuvers with China and the Soviet Union, and his fall from grace due to the Watergate scandal.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Political Storms 1968 1980: Vietnam: The Downward Spiral
E-book page on the final era of the Vietnam War in which the Pentagon Papers were released, protest and conflict over the war increased at home and Nixon's Vietnamization began. Questions for discussion, glossary and link to primary...
Other
Historycentral: The Events: A Chronology of Us Involvement in the Vietnam War
A timeline from 1961 to 1969 of American involvement in the Vietnam War. Each entry links to a brief description of the event.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1980 Present: Continuity and Change in the Postwar Era
How much did the events of the tumultuous postwar era reshape American national identity? Kim discusses the extent to which developments like the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, and student protests of the 1960s changed...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Vietnam War
An overview of the Vietnam War, including how the United States became involved, the eventual antiwar movement, and the outcome.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
View comprehensive sets of artifacts that tell the story of America's wartime past and present. Artifacts from every major American military conflict, beginning with the American Revolution, can be closely examined. Full curatorial notes...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 8: An Age of Confidence and Anxiety
This extensive learning module examines the United States' response to the global uncertainty and instability that followed World War II and the ways that marginalized groups challenged discrimination, and the counter-responses to their...
Digital History
Digital History: Vietnam Historical Overview
This resource presents a concise history of US involvement in Vietnam. It provides detailed information about the controversial military action. The article examines early US involvement, escalation, and withdrawal.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Vietnam War
Learn about the war that enmeshed the United States in a battle against communism in Southeast Asia for more than twenty years.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Lyndon Johnson as President
Learn more about the president who expanded both the war in Vietnam and social programs at home.
Ducksters
Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Vietnam War
Kids learn the history of the Vietnam War during the Cold War. A fight between the communists of North Vietnam and the US supported South.
Digital History
Digital History: The War at Home
By the middle of the 1960s, American public opinion was beginning to favor US withdrawal from the Vietnam War. After the Tet Offensive in 1968 and Nixon's secret bombings of Cambodia, the majority of Americans were calling for complete...
The History Place
The History Place: The Vietnam War America Commits
This site from The History Place provides a lengthy timeline, accented with many quotations, explaining how America came to be directly involved in Vietnam. This is a great site to check out on the subject.
OpenStax
Open Stax: u.s. History: 29.4 Challenging the Status Quo
Page form U.S. History e-book focusses on the culture of the 1960s and the rise of protest organizations challenging the status quo during that decade. Site contains questions for review, critical thinking, and glossary.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The War in Vietnam
The Vietnam War encompassed many decades and many presidents. This site from Country Studies provides a brief, yet comprehensive, history of the war in Vietnam.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Lbj and Ho Chi Minh Letters
Two letters: one written by Lyndon Johnson (1908-1973 CE) to Ho Chi Minh and the other Minh's response. Johnson is testing the waters for a peace settlement while Minh insists that the Vietname War was provoked by the US and can only be...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Years of Escalation: 1965 1968
Read about how American involvement in the Vietnam War escalated after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which essentially gave President Lyndon Johnson the ability to do whatever he thought necessary to defeat the North Vietnamese.
Virginia Tech
Digital History Reader: Who Won? Student Protest and Politics of Campus Dissent
Explore American college students' political views, convictions, and concerns in the midst of the war in Vietnam through several articles, images, further reading, and writing assignments. Student protests on campuses across the nation...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Contesting Futures: America in 1960s: Lyndon Johnson and Great Society
Read about the reforms and legislation undertaken through Lyndon B. Johnson's concept of the Great Society. These included economic and educational reforms, consumer protection, changes to immigration laws, and the Voting Rights Act of...
Library of Congress
Loc: Veterans History Project
A collection, sponsored by the Library of Congress, of stories and experiences of veterans "while they are still among us." Students can also interview a veteran using the Project Kit supplied. Choose: How to participate in the Project...