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Geneva Accords
was a conference involving several nations that took place in Geneva the purpose was to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the first Indochina war. -
Assassination of Diem
Diệm was a Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and then served as President of South Vietnam the significant is it shows how unliked he was. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident this is significant because It authorized President Lyndon Johnson to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression by the communist government of North Vietnam. -
LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam
This is the first time president Johnson deployed troops to Vietnam is this is important because it shows how much Johnson wanted to keep control of the spread of communism. -
Tet Offensive
This was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The purpose was to attempt to torment rebellion among the south Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War -
My Lai Massacre
This was the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in Sơn Tịnh District, South Vietnam. This was significant because of how violent and horrific this was. -
Nixon becomes President
Nixon was the 37th president of the US, before that he served as a us representative and a us senator. The significance of this is the promise he made along with his presidency, peace. -
Nixon ordered troops to Cambodia
He announced his decision to launch American forces into Cambodia with the purpose to capture COSVN, Nixon ordered troops into Cambodia to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail and other supply lines used by North Vietnam -
Nixon’s Vietnamization policy
Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role,The purpose was to at the same time steadily reduce the number of U.S. combat troops. -
Hard Hat Riot
It started around noon when around 400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970. The purpose was to protest the may 4 ken state shootings and the Vietnam war. -
Nixon goes to China
This is where Nixon met with the Chinese communist party chairman Mao Zedong. It was significant because was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and mainland China after years of diplomatic isolation. -
Nixon’s Christmas bombing
out of anger Nixon ordered plans down up fo retaliatory bombings of north Vietnam. This was significant because it lasted 11 days and a lot of us aircrafts were destroyed as well as men were killed. -
Paris Peace Accords
This was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. The purpose was to establish peace. -
Nixon Resigns
With his complicity in the cover-up made public and his political support completely eroded, Nixon resigned from office on August 9, 1974. He is the only U.S. president to have resigned from office. -
Saigon Falls
This was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong. This was significant because North Viet-namese troops accepted the surrender of Saigon and thus snuffed out the Republic of Vietnam.