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Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel
Vietnam was divided between a comunist party and a democatic party. -
Geneva Accords Was Signed
Discussions on the Vietnam issue started at the conference just as France suffered its worst military defeat of the war, when Vietnamese forces captured the French base at Dien Bien Phu. -
Students for a Democratic Society
American student organization that flourished in the mid-to-late 1960s and was known for its activism against the Vietnam War. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowed the United States to engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the title of a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign. -
Anti War Movement's Largest Protest
100,000 protesters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, around 30,000 of them marched on the Pentagon later that night. After a brutal confrontation with the soldiers and U.S. Marshals protecting the building, hundreds of demonstrators were arrested. https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-protests -
My Lai Massacre
The Mỹ Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in South Vietnam. -
Democratic National Convention Protest
The protest took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. -
Nixon Win the Election
The Republican nominee, Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, Hubert Humphrey. -
Woodstock Festival
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. -
The Lottery Draft System Started
366 blue plastic capsules containing birthdays would be chosen in the first Vietnam draft lottery. -
Cambodian Campaign
The Cambodian Campaign was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during by the United States and the Republic of Vietnam. -
26th Amenedment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. -
Vietnam Reunifies
It became a unified country once more in 1975 when the armed forces of the Communist north seized the south. -
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.
