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Its purpose was to find away to get the U.S. out of Vietnam. Also it was an attempt to unify Vietnam
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It was a joint resolution of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. The Gulf of Tonkin incident was when the USS Madox was ambushed by 3 NVNM torpedo boats.
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IT was the most intense Air/ground war during the cold war period. It lasted from Novermber 2 - March 2
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There is 500,000 troops in Vietnam. Over 9,000 KIA's also.
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It was a series of surprise attacks by the Veitcong and the North Vietnamese. The U.S. and South Vietnamese quickly retaliated caused a large amount of casualties for the communists.
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He doesn't think he will win. He doesn't want to deal with what is going on.
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Was short by Sirhan Sirhan. Was advised not to go into the kitchen but did anyway.
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He lead the North Vietnamese Republic. He died during the war.
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It was a war straegy he had created. He planned on it being over based off of this strategy
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The National Gaurds of Ohio opened fire on students protesting the Cambodia campaign. They shot a total of 67 bullets in 13 seconds. It killed 4 students, and injured 9, leaving on paralysized.
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It was repealed because the people though it gave the president too much power. Also was widely unpopular due tot he vietnam war.
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They were going to try to pay tribute to fallen soldiers. The government was given orders from Nixon not to allow them access.
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The veterans began to protest the government because of the Arlington Cemetary actionst hat took place. The goverment tried sayignt hat they weren't real veterans. They were proved wrong when they all brought over 900 DD 214's (discharge papers).
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They are papers that were leaked on top-secret things going on during the Vietnam War. It had details abou the war the the government had used as lies to have a reason to go to war.
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The peace agreement was signed on January 29, 1973. All of the U.S. troops were withdrawn within 2 months
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They stopped all funding for the Vietnam war. It also made sure that a nother war couldnt be started immediatly.
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Made it illegal for the voting age to be higher than 18. It was passed primarily due to the student protests going on about the Vietnam War.
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Made it so the president couldn't wage war without congress' approval. Every President since 1973 has said that the act is unconstitutional.
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Due to him being caught for the watergate scandal Nixon decides to resign. He was certain he was going to get impeached.
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The Noth Vietnamese invade Saigon with little resistance and took over the city. A couple hours before there was a large evactuation of high profile people.
