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Domino Theory coined
The domino theory was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a perfectly aligned row of dominos. it was significant because the fall of Indochina to communism would lead rapidly to the collapse of other nations in Southeast Asia. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva Conference, intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War, was a conference involving several nations that took place in Geneva, Switzerland. It was significant because brought an end to the First Indochina War and marked the end of French influence in Southeast Asia. -
Assassination of Diem
He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam and then served as President of South Vietnam from 1955 until he was captured and assassinated during the 1963 military coup. The death of Diem caused celebration among many people in South Vietnam but also lead to political chaos in the nation. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. It is important because it allowed the US to effectively launch America's full-scale involvement in the Vietnam War. -
LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam
Under the authority of President Lyndon B. Johnson, the United States first deployed troops to Vietnam in 1965 in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2. The 3,500 soldiers were the first combat troops the United States had dispatched to South Vietnam to support the Saigon government in its effort to defeat an increasingly lethal Communist insurgency. -
My Lai Massacre
The Mỹ Lai massacre was the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in Sơn Tịnh District, South Vietnam, During the Vietnam war. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The importance of it was to weaken U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam. -
Nixon’s Vietnamization policy
Nixon,s Vietnamization policy was a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops" the importance of it was to prepare the South Vietnamese to act in their own defense against a North Vietnamese takeover and allow the United States to leave Vietnam with its honor intact. -
Nixon sends troops into Cambodia
Nixon approved the use of American ground forces in Cambodia to fight alongside South Vietnamese troops attacking communist bases. The significance was to intimidate North Vietnam by showing that he was a dangerous leader capable of anything. -
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. Their purpose was to protest the May 4 Kent State shootings and the Vietnam War, -
Kent State shooting
The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre, were the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard. The purpose of the killings was all because the students were having a peace rally opposing the expanding involvement of the Vietnam War into neutral Cambodia by the United States military forces then as students got aggressive they shot and killed students. -
Nixon’s Christmas bombing
launch an all-out attack on North Vietnam's air defenses when the operation resumed. This course was also necessary since, by Christmas, most of the strategic targets within North Vietnam were a shambles. The effect of the bombing was it forced the North Vietnamese to make concessions, accept an armistice, and release American POWs -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Resolution is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. Its importance is to limit the power of the president after the Vietnam war. -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Agreement was a peace treaty signed to End the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam. The significance of this was it Ended the Direct Combat Role of the United States in the Vietnam War -
Saigon Falls
It was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong. It is important because effectively marked the end of the Vietnam War.
