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Vietnam War
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong took his communist control in China -
Korean War
The Korean War starts when the North Koreans that are communist invade the South. Russia and China support the North on their invasion. America steps in and losses 37,000 men and never ends the war. -
Military Training
President Dwight D. Eisenhower had U.S. troops train South Vietnam troops to fight the communist -
Jhon F. Kennedy
JFK elected into office wanted to enter the war to show America was not communist and could resolve the problem. -
Military Fighting
American troop advisors rose from 700 to 16,000 along with the war becoming more intense. -
JFK was assassinated
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President Lyndon B. Johnson
North Nam guns down a U.S. Destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin. Lyndon Jhonson asked congress to pass a bill that would let him do in his own power to take necessary actions into his own hands to stop further agression -
The Power
Lydon Johnson got congresional aproval to wage war with Vietnam -
Antiwar Movement
20,000 people protest in washington to fight drafting. The protesters grew in size and fought more against the government. -
Military Attacks
North Vietnam and the Vietcong fought during the Lunar new Year. The attack was a defeat towards communist. T.V. images caught the battle, and it got America shaking in there boots. -
Paris Peace Accords
The end of the fighting for all foriegn troops to be taken away for Vietnam. -
A Ending
Communist took over the South with Saigon. American troops evacuated back to America, but alot of Vietnames wanted to escape also. -
Last Helicopter
The last helicopter left the U.S. Embassy in Saigon with evacuees to U.S. warships of mostly South Vietnamese civilians. -
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton passes a bill for the U.S. Trade Embargo -
Vietnams Boom
Forigen Buisness owners bring Vietnam into a great econimic stage by bring forign trade there.
