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Paris Peace Conference
The Paris Peace Conference was a formal meeting between the victorious Allies after the end of World War I. This conference was established in order to set peace terms for the defeated Central Powers. -
Eisenhower Administration
The Eisenhower Administration was the foreign policy of the United States. -
Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the decisive engagement in the first Indochina War. This battle consisted of a struggle between French and Viet Minh(Vietnamese Communist and nationalist) forces for the control of a small mountain outpost on the Vietnamese border near Laos. The Viet Minh eventually ended this battle in victory and is what essentially ended the eight year old war. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords was a collection of documents relating to Indochina, and was intended to settle issues resulting from the Korean war and the first Indochina war. This conference involved several nations. -
Kennedy Administration
The Kennedy Administration was a foreign policy issued by President John F. Kennedy that aimed to reduce the possibility of war. His Administration resulted in a peaceful resolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
Johnson Administration
The Johnson Administration worked on Civil Rights Acts, and promoted his "Great Society" plan. -
Tonkin Resolution
The Tonkin Resolution was passed by Congress authorizing President Johnson to take any and all measures he believed to be necessary in order to retaliate and promote the maintenance of international peace and security in South Asia. -
Gulf of Tonkin
The Gulf of Tonkin was passed by congress authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Fulbright Commission
The Fulbright Commission administered and coordinated by the Public Affairs Section works with Vietnamese and American educational/government organizations to provide opportunities of research and studying to all candidates who qualify for it. -
Vietnamization
Vietnamization was a strategy aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam war by a means of transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a series of coordinated North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. This was an attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population in order to encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai Massacre was the mass murdering of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S troops in Son Tinh District , South Vietnam. -
Nixon Administration
The Nixon Administration sought to reduce the size of the federal government. Nixon also sought to reduce dangers from the Cold War, through a series of policies. -
Invasion of Cambodia
The Invasion of Cambodia was when Nixon had ordered U.S ground troops to invade Cambodia. Nixon had begun approving secret bombings of suspected communist base camps and supply zones in Cambodia as a part of "Operation Menu". -
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers was top secret documents that detailed U.S involvement in the Vietnam war, Ellsberg who studied about it soon came to oppose the war, and in the end released all information pertaining to it. -
Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg was a former American military analyst employed in the RAND Corporation who precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he had released the Pentagon Papers. -
Christmas Bombing
The Christmas Bombing was a massive bombing campaign announced by Nixon to break the stalemate. This went on for about two weeks when American bombers had pounded North Vietnam. -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Act was a congressional resolution designed to limit the U.S President's ability to initiate or escalate military actions abroad. This law required that all presidents notify Congress after deploying any armed forces. -
Ford Administration
The Ford Administration was a foreign policy issued by Gerald R. Ford during his time of presidency. Ford inherited many of his foreign policies from Nixon, and too sough to sought to reduce dangers from the Cold War. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was when South Vietnamese strongholds had been captured by People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong. South Vietnamese forces had collapsed under the rapid advancements of the North Vietnamese, forcing the South to surrender.