Putting It All Together: A Vietnam Timeline Activity

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  • gulf of tonkin resolution

    gulf of tonkin resolution

    Lyndon B. Johnson was the president at the time. It was a response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
  • US Troops first sent

    US Troops first sent

    The president was Lyndon B. Johnson. This was when the war was starting.
  • Draft

    Draft

    Lyndon B. Johnson was president. The U.S. started pick random citizens and forcing them to fight in the war and serve their country.
  • Rolling Thunder

    Rolling Thunder

    Lyndon B. Johnson was president. Rolling Thunder was an American bombing campaign.
  • Pentagon Papers

    Pentagon Papers

    Lyndon B. Johnson was president. The documents has the history of the Unites States involvement in Vietnam.
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    Lyndon B. Johnson was president. This offensive escalated the Vietnam war majorly.
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    Lyndon B. Johnson was president. This was a mass murder of Vietnamese civilians.
  • “Vietnamization”

    “Vietnamization”

    Richard Nixon was president. A policy to train and arm the Vietnamese.
  • Invasion of Cambodia

    Invasion of Cambodia

    Richard Nixon was president. Military operations in eastern Cambodia.
  • Chemical Weapons

    Chemical Weapons

    Richard Nixon was president. Chemical Weapons took many lives in the Vietnam war
  • End of US Involvement in Vietnam

    End of US Involvement in Vietnam

    Gerald Ford was president. The U.S. finally left Vietnam.
  • Fall of Saigon

    Fall of Saigon

    Gerald Ford was president. This event marked the end of the Vietnam war.