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Harry Truman Takes Office
Harry S. Truman took over the office of the President of the United States when Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in 1945. He was a member of the democratic party. -
Dwight Eisenhower Takes Office
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a retired US Military General, and he served as president for two terms as a member of the republican party. -
John Kennedy Takes Office
John F. Kennedy won the election of 1960 against his opponent, Richard Nixon, due to his stance on civil rights and the televised debate he did so well in. He was a democrat and he was assassinated during his first term. -
Lyndon Johnson Takes Office
Lyndon B. Johnson was the vice president of JFK, and he took over for Kennedy after the assassination. Johnson finished Kennedy's term and served one more, and he was a member of the democratic party. -
Kennedy Assassination
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
This resolution gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of "conventional'' military force in Southeast Asia. -
My Lai Incident
The Vietnam War mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968, by United States Army soldiers. Victims included women, men, children, and infants. -
Richard Nixon Takes Office
Richard Nixon ran for office in 1968 and won with his running mate Gerald Ford. He was a republican, and during his second term he was nearly impeached for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. -
Invasion of Cambodia
President Richard Nixon declared to a television audience that the American military troops, accompanied by the South Vietnamese People's Army, were to invade Cambodia. The invasion was under the pretext of disrupting the North Vietnamese supply lines. -
Kent State University Incident
Members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students at Kent State University for protesting the Cambodian Campaign. Four students were killed and 9 others were injured.
