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Vietnam War
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Cold War was heating up in Asia
Alarmed the U.S. -
Korean War began
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U.S. becoming gradually involved in Vietnamese War.
Eisenhower sent advisers to south Vietnam. -
Domino Theory
Eisenhower faered that if one nation fell to Communisum then they all would. -
Preident John F. Kennedy took office
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Kennedy was assassinated
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North Vietnamese ships attack U.S, ship.
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Full-scale millitary intervention
Arrival of first U.S. combat troops. -
First mass demonstration of Antiwar Movement
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Walt Rostow says he sees "the light at the end of the tunnel
Rostow was one of Jonhson's Advisers. -
North Vietnam(Vietcong) launched the Tet Offensive
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Start of Peace talks in Paris
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Nixon succeeded Johnson and began process of "veitnamization"
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The Paris Peace Accords called for the end of all fighting and to get all troops out
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End of the War
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Helicopter Evacuation of Saigon
The last helicopter left saigon with evacuees. It was heading to U.S. war ships. -
china becomes a Freee Market
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Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo
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Clinton restores diplomatic relations with Vietnamm