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SEATO Forms
The United States and 7 other countries formed the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. -
SDS
The Students for a Democratic Society was founded in 1960 at the University of Michigan which challenged the war, racism, and poverty. -
Gulf Of Tonkin
The north vietnamese boat fired torpedoes at a US destroyer causing the U.S. to take action and send troops. -
Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
Gave the president the power to send troops without having congress declare war -
Operation Rolling Thunder
After vietcong killed American troops in pleiku Johnson ordered the first sustained bombing on North Vietnam. -
1968 Presidential Election
Richard Nixon won the election beating out Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace. -
Two Leaders Fall
A racist assassin shot and killed King in Memphis, Tennessee in April 1968 and in June 1968 Robert Kennedy was killed by a palestinian immigrant who wanted revenge for his country. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet offensive was a coordinated assult on 36 provincal capitals and 5 cities including the U.S embassy in saigon. -
My Lai
An American Unit began shooting and killing unarmed citizens infright of them being vietcong. They killed between 4 and 5 hundred people. -
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh dies and President Nixon begins to reduce US ground troops in Vietnam. -
Nixon Send Officals to Paris
Nixon's national security advisor Henry Kissinger for is sent to paris to talk about a peace treaty -
The War moves to Cambodia
Impatient with the slow peace talks Nixon sent troops on a ground attack into Cambodia trying to break the communists morals and restore the Cambodian government. -
Violence at Kent State
Nixons speech led many protests at colleges such as kent state. On may 4th protesters threw rocks at the national guard and one shot so the rest followed killing 4 students. -
The Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers showed that American leaders Involved the U.S in vietnam without fully telling the people and occasionaly even lied to the people -
election of 1972
President Nixon easily beat canadit George McGovern for reelection. -
Paris Peace Accords
The United States, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the Vietcong signed the treaty agreeing to a cease fire. -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Act restricted the presidents war making power by having to consult congress within 2 days of commitment. -
Khmer Rouge Genocide
The Khmer Rouge Executed 2 million Cambodians who had ties to the west making comunism stronger which lasted from 1975 to 1979. -
Saigon Falls
Without American help south vietnam fell to north vietnam making vietnam a communist country. -
Vietnam United
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is created under a communist ruler.
