Nixon Foreign Policy Flashcards
Vietnam moratorium March:
1/2 mil marched on Washington in 1969
Kent state uni:
4 students killed by the national guard protesting anti war
1970
Hard hat riot?
1970
1000 students attacked by 200 construction workers
Vietnam veterans throwing medals and match:
1971
Threw over 700 medals
500k marched
Congress shutdown:
1971
1100 arrested for trying to shut down congress.
Statue of Liberty:
1971
15 veterans flee flag upside down
Madman theory:
1968 Nixon threatened radicalism
Ho Chi Minh refused to sign for peace. Died in 1969
Offensive against Ho Chi Minh trail:
1971
Lam son 719 occurred: successfully defended. Trail
Ultimately s failure because it only delayed it.
When did the war end?
1973 peace accords signed in Paris
USA and China:
Detente wth China
Nixon visits in 1972
USA and ussr
Visits in 1972
Salt 1 and 2
Promise a us soviet space mission