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Mao Zedong and Communists had taken over China
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Period: to
The Fall of Saigon
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U.S. gradually becomes involved in the Vietnam War
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Domino Theory
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President Kennedy took office
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Protests of over 20,000 people in Washington
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Full scale military intervention
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North Vietnam and Vietcong launch Tet Offensive
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Paris Peace Accords called for an end to the fighting
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Communist forces overran the South; Saigon falls
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Evacuation in Saigon
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Party leaders followed China and instituted free-market reforms
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President Bill Clinton lifted the U.S. trade embargo
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Vietnam economy boosted
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U.S. Navy ship made a goodwill visit to Vietnam
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Vietnam still has an authoritarian Communist government