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NCSS-9
Global Connections
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The Vietnam War
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History as Destiny: The Case of New York City
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Colonial City: Revolutionary Battleground
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Urban Crisis: Disease, Crime, and Space
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New Deal Order
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The Politics of Anticommunism
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The Origins of Slavery in the New World
Relevant pages: Resource Type: Classroom Simulation In this simulation, a special congressional committee—the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Vietnam—will examine changes in U.S. foreign policy toward Vietnam from 1954 through 1975. The committee will investigate why the United States entered the war but failed to prevent the communist takeover of the Republic of South Vietnam. Students will impersonate historical characters who are called to testify before this fictitious Senate subcommittee. The historical characters will explain, from their perspective, why the United States entered the war, why it escalated its military involvement there, and then, despite the escalation, why it suffered defeat. Do the senators and journalists reporting on the investigation blame any one U.S. president? Or do they blame rather a wide range of circumstances both domestic and international? This simulation will expose students to a variety of conflicting interpretations of the U.S. role in Vietnam. | | ||||||
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