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Where the Geneva Accords were produced. The Geneva Accords are three documents which temporarily split Vietnam into two zone, the Northern and Southern. The U.S. supported the southern.
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War in Vietnam began when leader Diem refused to hold reelections.
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North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked American destroyers.
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50,000 protesters marched the pentagon to ask for an end to the conflict
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USS Pueblo was a naval intelligence ship that was attacked and captured by Northern Korea.
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Series of attacks planned by the North Vietnamese on over 100 cities and towns in Southern Vietnam.
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U.S. army soldiers entered a Vietnam village and began killing over 300 unarmed civilians.
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Voted into office to resore "law and order".
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Nixon gives authorization to send U.S. troops into communist sanctuaries in Cambodia with Southern Vietnamese troops.
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After Nixon announced the invasion of Cambodia, protests broke out through campuses across the country. The National Guard was sent to end the uproar but ended up killing and injuring students.
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A group of students were confronted by city and state police and then shortly opened fire on the group, killing two and injuring twelve.
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The U.S., South Vietnam, Viet Cong, and North Vietnam formally sign an agreement to "end the war and restore peace in Vietnam: in Paris.
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Added several ammendments to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 but mostly eliminated military aid and funding for South Vietnam.
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The capture of the capitol of South Vietnam, Siagon by the North Vietnamese.
