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Ngo Dinh Diem
he was born 3 January 1901 and died2 November 1963. was the first president of South Vietnam 1955–1963. -
Geneva Conference
it was from (April 26 – July 20, 1954 ). was a conference which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, -
kennedy take over
he took office in 1961. he countinued the nation policy of support for south vietnam. -
gulf of tonkin
they annound that torpedo boats had fired on two american destroyers in the gulf of tonkin.two day later the samething happen -
Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution or the Southeast Asia Resolution.It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the title of a gradual and sustained US 2nd Air Division. it was from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968. -
teachin begin
a group of faculty members and students at the university of michigan abandoned their classes and joined together in a teach in. here the infotmally disussed the issues surrounding war and reaffrimed their their reasons for opposing it. -
determined enemy
By the end of 1966 more than 6,700 american soliders had been killed. As the number of americans killed and wounded contunued to grow. -
anger at the daft
young protesters especially focused on what they saw as an unfair darft system. At the of the war, a college student was often able to defer military service until after graduation -
Tet Offensive
was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against the forces of South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian commands and control centers throughout South Vietnam. -
A season of violence
The violence that seemed to plague the country at every turn in 1968 culminate with a chaotic and well-publicized clash betweeb protester and police at the democratic national convention in chicago.thousands of protesters descented on the august convention demanding that the Democrats adopt an antiwar platform. -
Vietnamization
Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration during the Vietnam War to end the U.S.' involvement in the war.Brought on by the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, the policy referred to U.S. combat troops specifically in the ground combat role. -
massacre at my lai
In November 1969, american learder of horrifying event. That month the media reported that in spring of 1968,an american platoon under the command of lieutenant william calley had massage possibly more tha 200 unarmed south vietnames civilames -
Kent State
The Kent State shootings also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre. occurred at Kent State University in the US city of Kent, Ohio. -
26th Amendment
the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. The drive to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 grew across the country during the 1960s, driven in large part by the broader student activism movement protesting the Vietnam War. -
the war impact on the nation
The war also left its mark on the nations as a whole. in 1973 conggress passed the war powers act as a way to reestablish some limits on executive power. -
War Powers Act
is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States Congress joint resolution. -
hawks and dove
Hawks & Doves is the tenth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young.Its two sides were recorded in different circumstances, side one being culled from sessions dating from approximately 1974 through 1977. -
Republic of Vietnam surrenders
outh Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam, was a state which governed the southern half of Vietnam until 1975.The term South Vietnam" became common usage in 1954, when the Geneva Conference partitioned Vietnam into communist and non-communist parts. -
South Vietnam surrender
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops had taken over almost all of South Vietnam including the Presidential Palace in Saigon.President Minh had to issue an order to all his troops to lay down their arms and surrender.
