Vietnam War

By pprabhu

  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    Gulf of Tonkin Incident
    The Vietminh fired on the USS Maddox while it was over the 17th Parallel.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    This granted military powers to President Johnson without declaring war.

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    80,000 Vietcong troops attacked nearly every metropolitan area in South Vietnam. The Danang and Saigon American bases were attacked as well.

  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre
    American soldiers pillaged the village of My Lai. They destroyed houses and killed innocent people.

  • Nixon Wins Election

    Nixon Wins Election
    Richard Nixon, Republican nominee, beat out Hubert Humphrey, Democratic nominee, in the 1968 election.

  • Kent State Shooting

    Kent State Shooting
    At Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, four students were killed by the National Guard while protesting Nixon's war policies.

  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment
    Grants citizens who are eighteen years or older to vote. It sprung from the outrage students had because of being able to be drafted but not vote or drink