Team 2

Lakeland Central Schools
Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School

Biography	Lyndon B. Johnson List 5 connections between Johnson and the Vietnam conflict. Locate an image. What personal qualities led Johnson to increase American involvement in the Vietnam War? What was the Gulf of Tonkin resolution? What role did LBJ play in this resolution? What effect did it have on American military involvement in Vietnam? Confronted by mounting opposition, what two surprise announcements did LBJ make on March 31, 1968? List reasons why LBJ decided not to run for re-election. http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/ http://www.wikipedia.org Encarta and Grolier Online
Communism	Founders of Communism Define: proletariat and bourgeoisie. Research: Karl Marx and Frederick Engels Separately discuss who these men were and their contributions made to communism. What was the Communist Manifesto. Bullet main points found in this document. Locate images of both Marx and Engels www.indepthinfo.com/communist-manifesto/index.shtml http://www.wikipedia.org Encarta and Grolier Online
Impacts of Communism, Post World War II	Cold War What essentially was the Cold War? Explain. Define: iron curtain and satellite nation. Using a T-Chart, list the make-up of the eastern and western powers. How did these countries become rivals? Define: Truman Doctrine. Why did Truman feel his policy was needed? Define: Marshall Plan. How did it try to prevent communism? Berlin Wall - Why was it built? What was the significance of this wall? How did Cold War tensions feed fears of communism at home? http://www.wikipedia.org Encarta and Grolier Online
History of Vietnam	Colonial Rule Define: colonialism. Locate 4 influences that Chinese rule had on the conquered Vietnamese people. Using a T-Chart, demonstrate both positive and negative effects French colonial rule had on Vietnamese people. Discuss which rule was more beneficial to the Vietnamese people. Why? www.viettouch.com/hist/ www.geocities.com/Tokyo/5673/history.htm http://www.wikipedia.org Encarta and Grolier Online
Vietnam War	United States Military Advisors/Build Up Discuss the role of the selective service. Explain how the draft (induction) worked during the Vietnam War by listing the steps involved? Locate images to support your work. At the height of the war, how many men/women were serving in Vietnam? Give a brief description of one example of the following military vehicles: sea, air, and land. Collect images of vehicles. Gulf of Tonkin: Why was this battle significant? What resolution resulted from this attack? What did this resolution state? Tet Offensive: Where did this battle get its name? When and how did it happen? How did it affect each side? Why were the American and South Vietnamese surprised by the attack? http:hubcap.Clemson.edu/~eemoise/viet8.html www.vietnam-war.info/battles http://www.sss.gov./default.htm http://www.texasmuseum.org/m-151.htm http://www.texasmuseum.org/m-151.htm http://www.militaryvehicles.com/vietnam1.shtml http://www.swiftboats.net/ http://www.landscaper.net/draft.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/asia_pac/05/vietnam_war/html/introduction.stm http://www.wikipedia.org Encarta and Grolier Online