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Domino Theory coined
Eisenhower's speech to spread awareness about how the us cant let communist spread through asia -
Geneva Accords
the Geneva Agreements were signed. As part of the agreement, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam -
Assassination of Diem
President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother are captured and killed by a group of soldiers. The death of Diem caused celebration among many people in South Vietnam, but also lead to political chaos in the nation. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
declaration of war enabling him to commit several hundred thousand American troops to South Vietnam -
LBJ ordered troops to vietnam
Johnson authorized the first of many deployments of regular ground combat troops to Vietnam to fight the Viet Cong in the countryside -
Tet Offensive
50,000 communist troops died in the effort to gain control of the southern part of the country -
My Lai Massacre
mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by United States troops -
Nixon’s Vietnamization policy
train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops -
Nixon sends troops into Cambodia
President Nixon ordered United States troops to occupy parts of Cambodia -
Kent State shooting
killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard -
Hard Hat Riot
construction workers stormed a student protest against the Vietnam War and chased both students and bystanders through the streets, beating and kicking them -
Nixon’s Christmas bombing
President Richard Nixon announces the beginning of a massive bombing campaign to break the stalemate. For nearly two weeks, American bombers pounded North Vietnam. -
Paris Peace Accords
officially the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Resolution is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress -
Saigon Falls
Saigon falls to People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong The South Vietnamese forces had collapsed under the rapid advancement of the North Vietnamese