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Money Given To Stop Communism in Vietnam
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Eisenhower Becomes President
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France Surrendered Vietnam
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Vietnam Was split at 17th Parellel
South Vietnam Leader: Ngo Dinh Dien | North Vietnam Leader: Ho Chi Minh -
NFL Was Formed
NFL fighters, the Vietcong began attacking -
Students For A Democratic Society (SDS) Forms
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Kenedy Sends Special Forces
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Dien Was Overthrown
Dien was the leader of South Vietnam -
Gulf Of Torkin Passes
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SDS Goes Against War
organized teach-ins and had males of age for draft sign a "We Wont Go" petition -
Free Speech Movement Formed (Part Of SDS)
The students at the University of California protested the unabillity to organize off campus political activities on school grounds -
North Vietnam Attacks USS Maddox
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Operation Rolling Thunder Was Ordered
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Vietcong attack at Pleiku
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US Marines Arrive At Da Nang
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War Was In Stalemate
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Congress Split Between Hawks and Doves
Hawks are Conservitive who want to keep the war going | Doves Are Liberal who wanted to end war -
MLK. Jr Spoke Out On Unfair Draft For Blacks
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General Westmoreland Returns From Vietnam
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Tet Offensive Began
The assault on 36 capitals, and 5 major cities -
My Lai Massacre
US troops killed Civilians -
President Johnson Announced For Peace
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Martin Luther King Jr. Was Assasinated
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Robert Kennedy Was Assasinated
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Selective Service Adopted Lottery
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Nixon Came Into Office
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US Attacks North Vietnamese Army And Vietcong Bases
Nixon Ordered this to break the stalemate -
Nixon Announced Carrying The War Into Cambodia
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Four Killed At Kent State
People protested the war spreading to Cambodi. The Protesters threw rocks and bottles, and one of the National Guard members thought it was a sniper shot and opened fire -
Pentagon Papers Was Published
The papers revealed the classified history of America's involvement in Vietnam -
Peace Begins
US found peace with North Vietnam, but North Vietnam does not sign the agreement. -
Paris Peace Accords Were Signed
Signed By North Vietnam, South Vietnam, And the US. They called for a cease-fire, the return of POW's and the withdraw of US in South Vietnam. -
War Powers Act of 1973 Was Passed
It required the president to confront with congress 48 hours before conflict with a foreign country -
North Vietnam Takes Over South Vietnam
Both North and South Vietnam did not fallow the cease-fire. South Vietnam lost because they did not have any support