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Japanese Surrender
The Japanese surrendered and Vietnamese people saw this as a chance to become free. -
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Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh defeated the French fear spread that communism would take over -
French Vietnam war
The war ended after eight years of fighting France then agreed to stop ruling Vietnam -
JFK assassaination
JFK was assassinated and that became problem for the United States -
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam sent a torpedo boat towards a U.S. ship and bombed it and the president asked congress if he could do what was needed to stop them. -
Anti Protests
Anti protests spread across the nation included people from every where and some where peaceful and some became violent -
Ngueyn Cao Ky
Ngueyn Cao Ky seized power and crushed Anti-Governments -
Vietnamization
Slowly helped troops get home and leave Vietnam and come back to america -
Attacks on Cambodia
The attacks on Cambodia triggered protest in America and created the Hawks and Dove -
American death toll and cost of war
More than 50,000 Americans died and the cost was around 200 billion dollars -
American Death Toll and cost of war
More than 50,000 Americans died and it costed around 200 billion dollars -
Watergate
Nixon hired five men to spy on his opponent and paid them money -
Vietnam death toll
South vietnam lost 350,00 lives and north vietnam was mostly destroyed and they lost between 500,000 and 1 million lives -
New Chemical Weapons
Napalm is a jelly like substance that bursts into fire and Agent Orange a herbicide to kill plants and find people was used in the war