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He was murdered with his brother during a coup by generals in the South Vietnamese army. Diem wasn't that popular especially with the Buddahiats. Many people in Saigon rejoiced at his death.
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LBJ was sworn in as the 36th President just hours after JFK was assassinated. He took his oath on Air Force One in the Dallas airport.
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Gave approval for expansion of Vietnam war. LBJ feared that the public would not support an expansion of the war.
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A strategic bombing campaign in which U.S. military aircrafts attacked targets throughout North Vietnam. Intended to put military pressure on their communist leaders.
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The word "Tet" is named for the lunar new year holiday. More than 100 towns and cities in South Vietnam were attacked.
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American soldiers killed the majority of the population of the South Vietnamese of My Lai. About 500 children, women, and elderly people were killed.
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He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. He had led the civil rights movement since the mid-1500's. Spoke out for blacks and their rights and a very important person.
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Richard Nixon defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey by less than 500,000 votes. He promised to find a way to "peace with honor" in Vietnam.
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On the invasion of Cambodiaby the U.S. they needed to draft 1500,000 more soldiers for expansion. That provoked protest on campuses across the country and in Kent State University they set fire to the ROTC building.
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After three years of a long and frustrating war the U.S, China, North Korea, and South Korea agree to sign an armistice.
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Makes it so that the President, upon sending troops into military action, must let the congress know within 48 hours that he sent them.
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Marked the end of the Vietnam War. The city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the late president Ho Chi Minh.
