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France withdraws from Vietnam
France agrees to withdraw from Vietnam due to the Geneva Accords -
Eisenhower Advances the Domino Theory
President Eisenhower refused to leave Vietnam to the communist because the fall of South Vietnam would lead to communist expansion. -
John F. Kennedy becomes president
John Fitzgerald Kennedy becomes the 35th president of the United States -
Operation Bay of Pigs
Invasion of Cuba by 1,400 American trained Cubans, the invaders were badly outnumbered and surrendered in under 24 hours of fighting. -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
While John F. Kennedy was going through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas President Kennedy gets shot -
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes 36th president and swore an oath after President Kennedy dies. Gives inaugural speech at Air Force 1 at Love Field. -
The Gulf of Tonkin resoulution
Congressional resolution letting president Johnson escalate the Vietnam war. -
Opposition to the Vietnam War.
Led by anti-war students and senator Robert R. Kennedy and senator Eugene McCarthy -
The Tet Offensive
Surprise by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese across all of South Vietnam. -
Vietnamization
President Nixon's policy to train South Vietnamese soldiers to end the fighting -
Invasion of Cambodia
Surprise attack to destroy the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese bases -
Kent State shootings
Frightened national guard soldiers kill four student bystanders -
Vietnam Syndrome
Widespread skepticism about becoming involved in foreign entanglements that might become another Vietnam. -
The Paris Accords
Agreement between North Vietnam and the United States to end Vietnam. -
End of Vietnam .
North Vietnam captures Saigon, North and South Vietnam were reunited
