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During a news conference Dwight Eisenhower talked about the Domino theory. If one country falls to communism then the rest will fall
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The Geneva Conference divided Vietnam into north and south.
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Secret Jungle passageway that North Vietnam soliders could take to get close to Saigon.
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The Battle of Ap Bac and was near the hamlet of Ap Bac. It was the first major battle
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Is where they thought North Vientamese boats torpedoed the USS Maddox at the Gulf of Tonkin
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America’s sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam Operation Rolling Thunder." Operation Rolling Thunder. Web. 07 May 2012. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_rolling_thunder.htm
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"Viet Cong attacked numerous cities and towns, American bases and even Saigon" Wars and Battles Fall of Saigon April 1975.â Online Highways 1page. Online. Internet. 25 May 2008. Available Http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1880.html." Major Battles of Vietnam War. Web. 04 May 2012. http://vietnamwarapus.tripod.com/id3.html.
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6:01 pm a sniper assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. He was only thirty-nine years old when he was assassinated.
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Richard Nixon became the 37th President
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaL78W0rUHY' >Richard Nixon Inauguration</a>
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Hoped that South Vietnam would continue to keep fighting after Nixon took office
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National Guard soldiers shot and killed four and wonded nine protesters at Kent State in Ohio.
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The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
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Americans at that time wanted war to end. They didn't know why they were fighting at all.
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two months after US signs the Vietnam Peace Agreement American troops take out the last troops.
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The US withdrew from fighting in Vietnam.
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The last day that president Richard Nixon was in office for president.
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Gerald R Ford became the 38th president after Nixon resigned
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South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam at Saigon
