Ch. 25-26 Time Line (C. Mapes Block 5)

By Christian Mapes

  • French defeated at Dien Bien Phu

    This day marks the defeat of french forces leading the Vietnamese to "autonomy."
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    Ch. 25- 26 timline (C. Mapes Block 5)

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kans.

    This is a landmark case where the Supreme Court ruled that the segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The ruling paves the way for large-scale desegregation

  • sends advisors to train South Vietnamese Army

    President Eisenhower's administration sends the first U.S. advisers to South Vietnam to train the South Vietnamese Army

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" of a bus to a white passenger, defying southern custom of the time. In response to her arrest, this sparks the beginning of the Montgomery bus boycott.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Nine black students are denied from entering Central high School (formerly an all white high school). President Eisenhower sends federal troops and the National Guard to intervene on balf of the students, who become known as the "Little Rock Nine"

  • build up of U.S. troops

    President Kennedy orders an immediate build-up of U.S. toops in Thailand to a total of 5,000 due to Communist attacks in Laos and movement toward the Thailand border.

  • "I Have A Dream"

    200,000 people join the March on Washington. They Congregate at the Lincoln Memorial and they listen to Martin Luther King deliver his famous "I have a dream" speech.

  • Poll Tax abolished

    The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to make it difficult for poor blacks to vote.

  • Civil Rights Act

    President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. It also provides the federal gov. with the powers to enforce desegregation.

  • Malcolm X murdered

    Malcolm X, black nationalist and founder of Afro-American Unity, is shot to death.

  • Man sets himself on fire

    Quaker Norman Morrison set himself on fire and died outside Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's Pentagon office in protest of the Vietnam War.
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    600,000 tons of bomb dropped

    U.S. bombs dropped on N. Vietnam total over 600,000 tons. This shows how much destruction occured during the Vietnam War.

  • Communist Start Tet Offensive

    Communists start Tet Offensive which escalates into one of the major battles of the war, including attacks on almost all of the capitals of S. Vietnam's 44 provinces.

  • Martin Luther King shot

    Martin Luther King was shot while he was standing on the balconey outside his hotel room. James Earl Ray, a convict and committed racist, was convincted of the crime.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    President johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing

  • End of 1968 Draft= 38% of all American troops

    Draftees acounted for 38% of all American Troops ion Vietnam. Over 12% of the draftees were college graduates. This shows the drastic effect that the war had on the youth of that time.

  • Peace talks open in Paris

    Expanded peace talks open in Paris with representatives of the U.S., S. Vietnam, N. Vietnam, and the National Liberation Front (NLF). This sparks the beginning of negotations.

  • Ho Chi Minh Dies

    The leader of the communists in Vietnam dies.

  • further withdrawel of troops

    President Nixon announces during a TV address, the withdrawal of another 150,000 troops over the next 12 months. This reduction would lower US toop strength to 284,000.

  • Swann v. Charlotte- Mecklenburg Board of Education

    This case upholds busing as a legitimate means for acheiving integration of public schools. Although largely opposed in some areas, court-ordered busing plans followed in many cities after this case.

  • Peace talks cont.

    During the peace talks, the Viet Cong proposed the return of all American and allied prisoners held in North and South Vietnam by the end of 1971 if all US troops were withdrawn within that same period. US reaction was cautious.
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    Operation Proud Deep

    The U.S. carries out the heaviest air strikes on North Vietnam since 1968, consisting of 1,025 sorties.

  • North Vietnamese launch major offensive

    The North Vietnamese launch major offensive across the DMZ, the biggest since Tet in 1968. In retaliation, Nixon orders the bombing of the Hanoi and Haiphong area. US bombing of North Vietnam above the 20th parallel is renewed on April 15, 1972.

  • End of U.S. presence in Vietnam

    The last American soldiers depart from Siagon.