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Eisenhower's proposal of the domino theory, if one nation within the collection of Vietnam. Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, India, or Bangladesh were to fall to communism, the others would follow -
The French would agree to withdraw from north Vietnam, and Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel -
Leader of South Vietnam was assassinated due to his brutal tactics of combating North Vietnam, along with his tyrannical treatment of the South Vietnamese Buddhists -
Authorized the present to take any measures that he believed were necessary to retaliate to threats and promote peace in southeast Asia. -
Arrival of the first American combat troops in Vietnam, Authorized around 100,000 troops to be sent, starts a full scale war in Vietnam -
Coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities in South Vietnam
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American soldiers killed more than 500 unarmed South Vietnamese citizens, William Calley was convicted for sending the order -
A shift of responsibilities of the war from the US to South Vietnam, letting the US withdraw from Vietnam -
Nixon sends troops to Cambodia in an attempt to capture the base where the entire communist military operation is -
Killing of four and wounding of 9 unarmed Kent State students, crowd gathered to protest the vietnam war -
Many who opposed the anti-war demonstrators, flag desecrators, and rejection of returning veterans attacked around 1,000 demonstrators -
An aerial bombing campaign included the withdrawal of US troops to increase the amounts of air attacks dropped
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Established a cease-fire throughout Vietnam. US agreed to withdraw all their troops and dismantle their bases, in return North Vietnam would release prisoners of war, which would help restore peace in Vietnam -
A federal law intended to check the US president's power to commit the US to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress -
South Vietnamese capital falls to the North Vietnamese, signals end of the war, now called Ho Chi Minh City