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Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower took office and continued Trumans policies towoard Vietnam. -
France surrenders
The French finally surrendered after 8 years of trying to regain Vietnam and after around 15,000 casualties. -
SEATO
The united states and 7 other countries formed The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization to contain the spread of communism in Asia -
The SDS
The Students for a Democratic Society and started to campaign to end the war in Vietnam by organizing campus teach in's -
Johnson faces crisis
North Vietnamese Fired torpedo's on the American destroyer the USS Maddox, -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Rolling thunder
President Johnson authorizes bombing of North Vietnam -
Martin Luther speaks
Luther said that the burden the war had hurt poor black and white people and the war was drawing human and economic resources away from americans -
Tet offensive
The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. This was a loss for americans because it showed that communism still had power -
My Lai
Willam Calley's men opened fire on unarmed civilians killing between 400 and 500 Vietnamese -
The Presidents addresses the Vietnam situation
Johnson announced that America would limit the bombing of North Vietnam and seek a negotiated end to the war. -
Martin Luther gets murdered
Luthers voice was tragically silenced in memphis Tennessee when a racist assassin shot and killed him. -
Robert kennedy gets assasinated
During a rally celebrating his victory in the California primary, Kennedy was shot and killed by Sirhan Sirhan -
Selective Service System
The Selective Service System was a lottery that was designed to eliminate different abuses and create more diverse drafts. -
Nixon starts the pull out of Vietnam
Nixon took office and his goal was to get america out of the war. -
American Troops in Cambodia
nixon was tired of waiting for peace so he ordered a ground attack on Vietcong bases in Cambodia -
Protests and death in ohio
During a protest in kent state National Guard opened fire and killed four students -
SALT I
The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty placed limits on the deployment of ballistic and Anti ballistic missiles -
American troops leave Vietnam
Finally the Paris Peace accords where signed and the parties agreed to a cease fire and the exchange of POW's -
War Powers Act
This act required the president to go through congress before going into a foreign conflict
