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Dwight D. Eisenhower took office and continued Trumans policies towoard Vietnam.
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The French finally surrendered after 8 years of trying to regain Vietnam and after around 15,000 casualties.
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The united states and 7 other countries formed The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization to contain the spread of communism in Asia
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The Students for a Democratic Society and started to campaign to end the war in Vietnam by organizing campus teach in's
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North Vietnamese Fired torpedo's on the American destroyer the USS Maddox,
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Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.
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President Johnson authorizes bombing of North Vietnam
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Luther said that the burden the war had hurt poor black and white people and the war was drawing human and economic resources away from americans
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The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. This was a loss for americans because it showed that communism still had power
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Willam Calley's men opened fire on unarmed civilians killing between 400 and 500 Vietnamese
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Johnson announced that America would limit the bombing of North Vietnam and seek a negotiated end to the war.
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Luthers voice was tragically silenced in memphis Tennessee when a racist assassin shot and killed him.
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During a rally celebrating his victory in the California primary, Kennedy was shot and killed by Sirhan Sirhan
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The Selective Service System was a lottery that was designed to eliminate different abuses and create more diverse drafts.
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Nixon took office and his goal was to get america out of the war.
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nixon was tired of waiting for peace so he ordered a ground attack on Vietcong bases in Cambodia
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During a protest in kent state National Guard opened fire and killed four students
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The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty placed limits on the deployment of ballistic and Anti ballistic missiles
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Finally the Paris Peace accords where signed and the parties agreed to a cease fire and the exchange of POW's
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This act required the president to go through congress before going into a foreign conflict
