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Eisenhower explains his "Domino Theory"
This theory is the idea that when one country falls to communism, other countries will also fall for communism. -
Genova Accords
The Geneva Agreements were signed. As part of the agreement, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam and Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, pending elections within two years to choose a president and reunite the country. -
Start of Vietnam War
The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam but South Vietnam did not want to turn communist and the U.S stepped in and helped South Vietnam. -
SDS Founded
Students for a Democratic Society was a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main representations of the New Left. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Two U.S destroyers were stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam and radioed in that they have been attacked by North Vietnamese forces. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. This was to try and break the stalemate in Vietnam. -
My Lai massacre
A company of American soldiers brutally slaughtered over 500 kids and adults in the village of My Lai -
Nixon wins election
Richard Nixon defeats Hubert H. Humphrey and is elected president. -
U.S troop levels increase to 500,000
By 1969 more than 500,000 U.S. military soldiers were stationed in Vietnam. -
Vietnaminization introduced
Vietnamization was a strategy to lower American involvement in the Vietnam war by making South Vietnam take all the military responsibilities -
Woodstock Festival
The Woodstock Festival was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. -
Invasion of Cambodia
President Nixon authorized U.S. troops to invade Cambodia, the nation west of Vietnam. Two days later people found out about this and members of congress accused the president of illegally widening the scope of U.S. involvement in the war by not receiving their consent through a vote. -
Kent State Student shot
Lots of protesters gathered to protest against the war and were hitting police cars with bottles and stopped traffic and lit bonfires in the streets. Guardsmen were called in to control the protesters but the protesters started to throw rocks and shout at the guards men which led to 4 protesters being killed from the guardsmen shooting in the air and even directly in the crowd. -
Withdrawal from Vietnam
2 months after signing Vietnam peace agreement the last U.S troops in South Vietnam and the remaining prisoners of war in North Vietnam could leave. -
Fall of Saigon
North Vietnam forces take over Saigon and rename it Ho Chi Minh City.http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1880.html
