The Vietnam Era

By nicoledougherty
  • Abroad: Declaring Independence

    Abroad: Declaring Independence

    -Japanese surrendered
    -Ho Chi Minh, communist, organized to shut down French colonial rule
    -Political
  • Abroad: First indochina War

    Abroad: First indochina War

    -In Vietnam
    -United States, France and Vietnam involved
    -Ended French Rule
    -Political
  • Home: Withdraw of Support

    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

    Abroad: Vietcong Attacks American Base in Pleiku

    -Vietcong attacked on American base at Pleiku in South Vietnam
    -Killed 8 Americans
    -Political
  • Abroad: Gulf of Tonkin

    Abroad: Gulf of Tonkin

    -North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked American destroyers in Gulf of Tonkin
    -Political
  • Abroad: Tet Offensive

    Abroad: Tet Offensive

    -surprise military attacks
  • Home: Richard Nixon in Office

    Home: Richard Nixon in Office

    -Richard Nixon in office
    -"Silent Majority" and "Law and Order"
    -Political
  • Home: Vietnam War Effects

    Home: Vietnam War Effects

    -Vietnam war fed inflation
    -high unemployment
    -temporary freeze on rent, wages and prices
    -economic
  • Home: Improving Relations With China

    Home: Improving Relations With China

    -Nixon announced how he would visit the mainland of China
    -Improve relations with China
    -Social
  • Home: Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)

    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