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Ho Chin Minh Leads a communist revolt against the French Colonial Rule.
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Vietminh forces force French soldiers to surrender control over Vietnam.
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U.S. President John F. Kennedy is shot while in Dallas, Texas.
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Vietnam torpedo boats attack U.S. destroyers , as a result Congress gives the President more power over the military.
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North Vietnamese and Vietcong soldiers start using this tactic to raid villages in South Vietnam.
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North Vietnamese and Vietcong launch a long series of attacks on South Vietnam
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The U.S. citizens' opinions of the war differed. Hawks supported the war and Doves thought it was unconstitutional.
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Lyndon B. Johnson decides not to rerun for U.S. president because of the Problems the U.S. was facing.
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Richard Nixon begins his first term as the President of the United States.
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President Nixon orders a secret operation for the bombing of Communist bases located in Cambodia.
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U.S. troops start to gradually withdraw from Vietnam in hope that South Vietnam can assume responsibility for the fighting.
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Neil Armstrong is the first person to step foot on the moon after Apollo 11 touched down.
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The Vietnam War took a toll on the U.S. economy making the entire nation suffer from inflation, causing an economic recession that lasted until late November, 1970.
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A protest at Kent State leaves 4 students killed by the U.S. National Guard
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Government Officials were traced to have misled U.S. citizens about motives in the Vietnam War
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U.S. agrees to stop using herbicides because of harmful effects to troops and the environment.
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President Nixon signs a treaty with the Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear weapons each country could have in inventory.
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U.S. troops officially leave Vietnam, but the North Vietnamese seize control of the country making it communist.
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Paris Peace Accords are signed and U.S. troops leave Vietnam.
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Right before the next presidential campaign, Richard Nixon had recorded all conversations in his office. Nixon would resign before he could have been impeached.
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