Putting It All Together: A Vietnam Timeline Activity

By benbailey5
  • Chemical Weapons

    Chemical Weapons

    Agent orange was used which was a toxin to destroy trees and plants in order to give the US an advantage, but it also hurt people. President JFK gave the approval for it to be passed.
  • Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution

    The happened during president Johnsons term and the goal of the resolution was to stop communism and promote international peace.
  • US Troops First Sent

    US Troops First Sent

    President Johnson sent troops over to Vietnam and this started began on the ground combat in Vietnam.
  • Rolling Thunder

    Rolling Thunder

    President LBJ was the president at the time and it was the beginning of the bombing in Vietnam. The US started this offense.
  • Vietnamization

    Vietnamization

    This was President Nixon trying to slowly withdraw US troops from Vietnam by preparing the South to fight without them.
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. President LBJ was in charge at making a defense.
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    President Nixon was in charge at the time and this is significant because it was a mass murder committed by the US.
  • Draft

    Draft

    President LBJ started the draft and it was significant because it started protests and started to put soldiers to war that did not want to go.
  • Invasion of Cambodia

    Invasion of Cambodia

    President Nixon sent troops in to Cambodia as an invasion along with South Vietnam in order to stop the spread of communism.
  • Pentagon Papers

    Pentagon Papers

    The pentagon papers were accidentally leaked and other countries found out that the US was actually not done bombing and raiding territories. President Nixon was president.
  • End Of US involvement In Vietnam

    End Of US involvement In Vietnam

    This was significant because this was when the last US troops left Vietnam. President Nixon was president at the time. This ended a very controversial war in the US.
  • Fall of Saigon

    Fall of Saigon

    This was when the Vietcong captured the capital of South Vietnam. This turned lots of the power to North Vietnam and communism. President Nixon was president towards the end of the war.