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When japan surrendered it gave Vietnam a chance to free themselves from French rule
Countries involved are japan, Vietnam, and France
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Vietminh forced the french out during the battle of Dien Bien Phu
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Military leaders seized control ad assassinated Dien
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Congress Passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Nguyen Cao Ky crushed out; government protest by Vietnamese Buddhist
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Vietnamese begin celebrating their New year
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Richard Nixon Is elected for president
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The U.S. bombed communist forces in Cambodia
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North Vietnam is nearing Saigon and U.S. evacuates many as possible
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!50,000 soldiers leave Vietnam
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Once Nixon announced Vietnamization U.S. Troops gradually leave Vietnam
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4 Students were shot at Kent State by nervous national guardsmen and it storms more protest
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Nixon hid tapes of the other candidates in the presidential election
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Struggles between the North and the South for 2 years until the Paris Peace Accords
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Former president, Richard Nixon resigns from presidency before he can get impeached
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Gerald Ford becomes president
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Jimmy Carter wins the election against former President Gerald Ford
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