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Declaring Independence.
-Location: Vietnam.
-Countries Involved: Japan, Vietnam, France.
-Impact- Political.
-Ho Chi Minh occupied Hanoi in North Vietnam and proclaimed an independent Vietnam. -
The First Indochina War
-Abroad.
-Location: Dienbienphu, North West Vietnam.
-Countries Involved: France, United States, Vietnam.
-Impact- Political
-The French withdrew from the War. -
The Assassination of JFK.
-At home.
-Kennedy assassinated.
-Impact- Political and Social.
-Vietnam became the issue of the New President. -
South Vietnam Movement to Oppose Diem.
-Abroad.
-Country Involved- South Vietnam + North Vietnam.
-An armed revolt.
-Guerrillas had a campaign of terror against villages under the control of Diem's officials.
-North Vietnam furnished weapons to Guerrillas, who came to be Vietcong. -
Protection of American Air Base
-Abroad.
-Location: Da Wang and United States.
-Impact- Political.
-Countries Involved: United States and Vietnam.
-Ordered 3500 marines to protect American air base.
-Were the first American combat troops in Vietnam. -
Ngyen Coo Ky Seizes Power
-Abroad.
-Location- South Vietnam.
-Impact- Political.
-Methods were far from democratic, but were affecting in creating a stable government.
-Government now able to concentrate on the war against the Vietcong. -
Vietnamization.
-Abroad.
-Locations: The United States and Vietnam.
-Impact: Political.
-American troops gradually withdrew from Vietnam. -
The Tet Offensive.
-Abroad.
-Countries Involved: South + North Vietnam.
-Political Impact
-Set in motion a sequence of events that marked a major turning point of the war.
-A major blow to United States' mission in Vietnam. -
United States Divided and Anti-War.
-At home.
-Doves and Hawks.
-Impact- Political + Social.
-Division caused protests and violence.
-Violent confrontations with the police and protestors- Urged withdrawal of United States troops. -
Election of 1968
-At home.
-Impact- Political.
-Vietnam War played a central role in election.
-Richard Nixon won by a small amount. -
Apollo II Mission.
-At home.
-Impact: Political.
-A success and landmark of space exploration. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
-At home.
-Impact- Political.
-Gave President Johnson the authority to do anything needed to resolve conflicts without consulting congress. -
Confer In Secret
-At home.
-Impact: Political.
-Henry Kissinger, Nixon's national security adviser, began to confer in secret with a North Vietnamese leader. -
Twenty-Sixth Amendment.
-At home.
-Impact: Political.
-Lowered the voting age to 18, with a strong point of view that if 18 year olds were old enough to fight and die for Vietnam, that they were old enough to vote as well. -
Pentagon Papers.
-At home.
-Impact: Political
-Aided in undermining the nation's trust in the government and leaders.
-The papers showed that government officials had concealed actions and after misled Americans about motives. -
Falling to North Vietnam.
-Abroad.
-Location: North + South Vietnam.
-South Vietnam falls to communist North Vietnam after a long and bloody war. -
Paris Peace Accords.
-Abroad.
-Locations: United States and Vietnam.
-Impact: Political.
-Ended the longest war of the United States. -
War Powers Act
-At home.
-Impact: Political.
-Declared that a president could not send military forces into action for longer than a period of 60 days without congressional approval. -
Watergate Scandal
-At home.
-Impact- Political.
-Brought a new level of distrust in the government and the public.
-Introduced new limits to presidential powers.
-Altered the United States role in Vietnam. -
Vietnam Divided.
-Abroad.
-Location- Geneva, Switzerland.
-Countries Involved: Vietnam, North and South.
-Impact- Political -The United States pledged to support the South.