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Vietnam Independence but Country Split at 17th Parallel
In July 1954, the Geneva Agreements were signed. As part of the agreement, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam. Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, pending elections within two years to choose a president and reunite the country. -
Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in North Vietnam
Hồ Chí Minh led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, ending the First Indochina War. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs invansion was an unsuccessful attempt in 1961 by a CIA -trained force of the US to overthrow -
Peace Corps Formed
Kennedy signed congressional legislation creating a permanent Peace Corps that would “promote world peace and friendship” through three goals/missions -
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John F. Kennedy
JFK was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.John grew up in a wealthy and powerful political family in Brookline, Massachusetts, he is also is popular for the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. -
Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
Assassination of John F. Kennedy, mortal shooting of John F. Kennedy, as he rode in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. His accused killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine who had embraced Marxism and defected for a time to the Soviet Union. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
He was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969, and previously as 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963. LBJ main goal was the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
The Great Society
The main goal was the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice. New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, and transportation were launched during this period. Poverty was eliminated in the United States. the lives of many underprivileged Americans improved. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in direct response to a minor naval engagement known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia. -
Tet Offensive
1968; National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces launched a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year (Tet), which was defeated after a month of fighting and many thousands of casualties; major defeat for communism, but Americans reacted sharply, with declining approval of LBJ and more anti-war sentiment -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong. -
Vietnamization
Vietamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train " -
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Richard Nixon
was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. -
26th amendment
March 23, 1971, and ratified July 1, 1971, the 26th amendment granted the right to vote to American citizens aged eighteen or older. -
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers revealed that the United States had expanded its war with the bombing of Cambodia and Laos, coastal raids on North Vietnam, and Marine Corps attacks, none of which had been reported by the American media. -
War Powers Resolution
Passed into law after Congress overrides President Nixon's veto
also considered by every president since Nixon as unconstitutional. incluiding the Supreme Court has never reviewed its constitutionality
Purpose: to force presidents to consult with Congress before sending troops into combat situations and to give Congress the authority to limit the action. -
Fall of Saigon
On April 30, 1975, Communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, forcing South Vietnam to surrender and bringing about an end to the Vietnam War.
