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Domino Theory coined
This is the thought other countries would soon fall to communism as a domino affect -
Geneva Accords
to outsettle issues from the first korean war -
Assassination of Diem
treatment of the opposition to his regime alienated the South Vietnamese population -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
to send hundreds of thousands of troops to south vietnam -
LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam
He ordered 125k troops to vietnam -
My Lai Massacre
massacre was the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians -
Tet Offensive
major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War -
Nixon’s Vietnamization policy
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 -
Nixon sends troops into Cambodia
President Nixon ordered United States troops to occupy parts of Cambodia -
Hard Hat Riot
400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970 -
Kent State shooting
killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard -
Nixon’s Christmas bombing
Linebacker II was an aerial bombing campaign conducted by U.S. Seventh Air Force -
Paris Peace Accords
Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam -
War Powers Act
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. -
Saigon Falls
it fell to communist forces