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FDR's death marks the change of the United States relationship previously with the Soviet Uninon, causing later the high point of the cold war.
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Begins with the defeat of Japan and the French returning to their imperialistic powers.
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World War 2 ends and the French forces re-enter Vietnam
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Two years after FDR's death, the Soviet Union and the U.S. have nearly reached the point of breaking their bond.
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Eisenhower gives his speach over his idea of the "domino theory". With the fall of French Indochina to communism this could lead to the domino effect on the rest of Southeast Asia. But, with this "domino theory" presented to the U.S. we worried about if we would have the resource of Vietnam. He explained that if one domino fell, so would all the rest, and communism would be everywhere.
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When the U.S. begain aiding the French during their war actions and North and South Vietnam divide, creating the 17th parllel.This began a more direct engagement for the U.S. into the Vietnam war.
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The U.S. military sends aid to South Vietnam to help train the troops for fighting. France used to do this.
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Vice president Johnson puts the first 400 American Green Beret soldiers into South Vietnam to train them against the Viet Cong guerillas.
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The direct involvement into the physical war began with president John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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John F. Kennedy is assasinated as the 4th president overseeing and coping with Vietnam.
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North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swept down several large cities. The assesment of the war is questioned in the U.S. about what is actually happening in Vietnam.
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In Kent, Ohio, involved the shooting of unarmed innocent college students by the Ohio National Guard.
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Eisenhower leaked the Pentagon Papers to the public.
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