Lesson 3 The War Winds Down

By kierraray
  • Captured Saigon

    Captured Saigon

    North Vietnamese captured Saigon, South Vietnam's capital. They renamed the city Ho Chi Minh City.
  • Secretly Bombing

    Secretly Bombing

    Nixon increased air strikes against North Vietnam and began secretly bombing Vietcong. Neighboring Cambodia.
  • Invasion

    Invasion

    Nixon had announced that American troops had invaded Cambodia to destroy Vietcong bases.
  • Kent State University

    Kent State University

    Ohio National Guard soldiers armed with tear gases and rifles killing four students at Kent State University
  • Christmas Bombing

    Christmas Bombing

    To force North Vietnam to resume negotiations, Nixon ordered Christmas Bombing.
  • War Powers Act

    War Powers Act

    The Congress passed the War Powers Act as a way to reestablish some limits on executive power.
  • Peace in Vietnam

    Peace in Vietnam

    The warring sides signed an agreement "ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam."
  • Domino Effect

    Domino Effect

    The peace did not last. Cambodia fell under the control of the communist group the Khmer Rouge.
  • Invasion

    Invasion

    In March 1975, North Vietnamese army invaded South Vietnam.

  • The War's Human Toll

    America paid a heavy price for its investments in Vietnam, far more than the estimated $173 billion in direct costs. About 58,000 young Americans died, and some 300,000 were injured. Estimated 1 million North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese soldiers died.