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Abroad: Declaring Independence
-Japanese surrendered
-Ho Chi Minh, communist, organized to shut down French colonial rule
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Abroad: First indochina War
-In Vietnam
-United States, France and Vietnam involved
-Ended French Rule
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Home: Withdraw of Support
-Diem orders a crackdown against his opponents
-John F. Kennedy withdrew support from Diem -
Abroad: Vietcong Attacks American Base in Pleiku
-Vietcong attacked on American base at Pleiku in South Vietnam
-Killed 8 Americans
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Abroad: Gulf of Tonkin
-North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked American destroyers in Gulf of Tonkin
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Abroad: Tet Offensive
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Home: Richard Nixon in Office
-Richard Nixon in office
-"Silent Majority" and "Law and Order"
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Home: Vietnam War Effects
-Vietnam war fed inflation
-high unemployment
-temporary freeze on rent, wages and prices
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Home: Improving Relations With China
-Nixon announced how he would visit the mainland of China
-Improve relations with China
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Home: Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
-Nixon and Soviet leaders signed
-Restricted numbers and types of nuclear warheads and missiles each nation could build
-Political
