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Vietnam War
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The Domino Theory
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Geneva Accords Signed.
1954 peace agreemant that divided vietnam into communist controlled north vietnam and non-communist south vietnam until unification elections -
John F Kenndy elected presidnet
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Kenndy Assassinated: Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president
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Richard Nixon elected president
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U.S troops begin their withdrawl from vietnam
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Vietnamization
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Kent State University
National guards opened fire on student of kent state for protesting the war -
President Ford got elected
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Nixon resigned
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Vietnam Memorial Wall
IN memory of all the soldiers that surved and died during the vienam war.