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President Eisenhower coined the Domino Theory, this was the leading idea for why America had to become involved in Vietnam, because if it fell others would. -
Conference to settle issues between France and their Asian colonies, including Vietnam -
The prime minister of South Vietnam was assassinated after the Vietnamese coup. -
"Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repeal any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent any further aggression." -
the first combat-oriented troops were sent to Vietnam, this was the first step in the escalation over the next three years. -
The turning point of the War -
Mass murder of Vietnam villagers by American Lt. -
"expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops" -
Nixon claimed he was covering his troops' backs while withdrawing from Vietnam. -
The killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard. -
Construction workers and office workers attacking students during a student strike -
200 American B-52 bombers fly 730 sorties and drop over 20,000 tons of bombs on North Vietnam. -
The official ending to the war and restoring the piece to Vietnam. -
Allowed the president to bypass congress's power to get into an armed conflict -
This marks the last of the US troops leaving Vietnam