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Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in Vietnam
1950s and 60s; communist leader of North Vietnam; used geurilla warfare to fight anti-comunist, American-funded attacks under the Truman Doctrine; brilliant strategy drew out war and made it unwinnable -
Vietnam War(1955-1975)
The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Vietnamese: Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authority granted by congress to President Johnson in 1964 to approve and support in advance " The determination of the president as commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the U.S. -
Tet Offensive
Tet offensive definition. A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War. Early in 1968, Vietnamese communist troops seized and briefly held some major cities at the time of the lunar new year, or Tet. -
My Lai Massacre
An American patrol entered the village of My Lai on a search and destroy mission and committed a terrible atrocity. They killed women, men, children and babies, many women were raped before they were murdered. -
Vietnamization
A policy of the Richard Nixon administration during the Vietnam War to end U.S. involvement in the war and "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops". -
Woodstock Music Festival
Those who attended the festival were seen as "Hippies" ~ Many Teens and Those in Early 20s, but all ages appeared ~ An opportunity for people to escape into music and bring peace into the very troubled times. -
Draft Lottery
the Selective Service System of the United States conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from January 1, 1944 to December 31, 1950. -
Manson Family Murders
Manson's death sentence was automatically commuted to life imprisonment when a 1972 decision by the Supreme Court of California temporarily eliminated the state's death penalty.[4] California's eventual reinstatement of capital punishment did not affect Manson, who is currently serving nine concurrent life sentences at Corcoran State Prison in Corcoran, California. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon. -
Richard Nixon (1969- 1974)
Elected President in 1968 and 1972 representing the Republican party. He was responsible for getting the United States out of the Vietnam War by using "Vietnamization", which was the withdrawal of 540,000 troops from South Vietnam for an extended period. He was responsible for the Nixon Doctrine. Was the first President to ever resign, due to the Watergate scandal. -
Invasion of Cambodia
designed to attack the head quarters of the Viet Cong base camps which Cambodia was using as a sanctuary -
Kent State Shootings
National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, during a mass protest against the bombing of neutral Cambodia by United States military forces, -
Pentagon Papers
released the Pentagon papers that was created by the U.S. Defense Department, which had all the information about the relations Vietnam from 1945-1967. -
26th Amendment
who are 18 yrs of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the US or by any state on account of age. -
War Power Resolution
A resolution of Congress declaring that the president can send troops into action abroad only by authorization of Congress or if U.S. troops are already under attack or seriously threatened. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of Vietnam into a socialist republic, governed by the Communist Party of Vietnam.
