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French and Vietminh Negotiate Over Vietnam
Decide the Vietnam is a free state in teh French Union. Now French troops occupy Vietnam. -
Elysee Agreement Signed
The French agree to help aid in the building of an anti-Communist army in Vietnam. -
Chinese and Soviete Help Aid Vietminh
They Offer weapons to aid military supporting communism. -
Geneva Conference
A conference which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, whose purpose was to attempt to find a way to settle outstanding issues on the Korean peninsula and to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. Ended July 20, 1954 -
France Gives Laos Independence
After France falls at Dien Bien Phu, Laos is given independence from France. Outside countries are pressuring Laos to become communist or anti-communist. Vietminh forces move into Laos and spread communist propaganda. -
Diem Does Not Respect the Conditions of Geneva Accords
Diem refuses to participate in a nationwide election for the new ruler, because he knows that he will lose. -
South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam, with newly elected Ngo Dinh Diem as president. -
Ho Chi Minh Trail Used to Transport Weapons
A trail of complex routes is created through Vietnam's neighboring countries. Weapons and people for the North Vietnamese army were sent from North Vietnam into South Vietnam. -
Vietcong is Formed
The National Liberation Front is formed by Hanoi to use against South Vietnam. Diem calls this army the Vietcong. -
JFK sends General to Vietnam
Kennedy sends Genereal Maxwell Taylor to Vietnam. Taylor recommends sending combat troops, but Kenneddy does not approve. -
Kennedy Assassinated
JFK is assassinated in Dallas. Warren Commission says he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, but other evidence leads to many conspiracy theories. Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the next president. Unlike Kennedy, Johnson will become much more active in the war with Vietnam. -
Tonkin Resolution
Was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
A gradual and sustained US 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), US Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) aerial bombardment campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). Ended November 2, 1968. -
Tet Offensive
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Vietnamization
A policy of the Richard Nixon administration during the Vietnam War to end the U.S.' involvement in the war and expand, equip, and 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. -
Kent State
Also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard. -
26th Amendment
prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. -
Withdrawal of US troops
The last U.S. troops are withdrawn from Vietnam. -
War Powers Act
Federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. -
South Vietnam surrender
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
