The Vietnam War Era

Vietnam War Era

Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 1980

Japanese Surrenders

Aug 9, 1945

Abroad-
Political-
North Vietnam
Japan gave up Vietnam.

Vietnam Forces French to Surrender

Mar 13, 1954

Abroad-
Political-
Northwestern Vietnam
French control over Vietnam ends.

Eisenhower starts United States military aid to South Vietnam

Apr 15, 1954

Home-
Political-
The impact is the United States gets involved in the war

Vietnam Divided- North and South

Jul 21, 1954

Abroad-
Political-
Vietnam
Two new countries are created.

President Diem Orders Crackdown

Jul 18, 1963

home-
Social-
JFK with drew support od Diem.

Diem is Assassinated

Nov 2, 1963

Abroad-
Political-
Vietnam
The south Vietnamese people are happy.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Aug 7, 1964

Home-Political- This lets the president attack areas without Congress's approval.

Vietcong attacks U.S. at Pleiku

Feb 6, 1965

Abroad-
Social-
South Vietnam
This kills eight Americans.

Vietnam Begins Celebrating Tet

Jan 31, 1968

Abroad-
Political-
Vietnam
The Vietcong and North Vietnam use Tet celebrations as a cover.

Richard Nixon Becomes President

Nov 6, 1968

Home-
Political-
Nixon's motto was "silent majority and law and order"

U.S. Bombs Communist Bases in Cambodia

Mar 18, 1969

Abroad-
Political-
Cambodia
This helped the United States in the war.

Vietnamization

Jun 16, 1969

Home-
Social-
The United States troops would be evaluated slowly and South Vietnamize people would fight for their country.

Vietnam War Fed Inflation

Apr 1, 1970

Home-
Economic-
This made high employment, wages, and prices

Nixon Visits China

Feb 21, 1972

Home-
Social-
Nixon improved relations with China.

Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

Jan 27, 1973

Home-
Political-
(SALT) Nixon and Soviet leaders restricted the number and type of nuclear warheads and missiles that each nation can build.

Paris Peace Accords

Jan 27, 1973

Abroad-
Political-
Vietnam
This allowed North Vietnam to keep 150,000 troops in south, then communists set out to seize whole country.

War Powers Act

Mar 29, 1973

Home-
Political-
Declares that a president can not send military for more than 60 days without congress approval.

Last American Troops Withdraw from Vietnam

Mar 29, 1973

Abroad-
Social-
Vietnam
People stop complaining about the war.

Nixon Resigns Due to Watergate Scandal

Aug 9, 1974

Home-
Political-
General Ford becomes president.

South Vietnam Falls to Communist North Vietnam

Apr 30, 1975

Abroad-
Political-
Vietnam
The United States involvement was a fail.