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Ho Chi Minh claimed independence when he marched to the capital and claimed vietnam to be an independent country
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the U.S helps Diems regime because Diem supported democracy, with this support they hoped for Diem to defeat North Vietnam
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anti war protests are started and started to impact the government, some protests turned violent on this date started some of the more famous protests.
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the Tet offensive was a charge on south Vietnamese during their celebrations for their new years celebrations resulting in many casualties, killing 40,000 people
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated during a parade by Lee Harvey Oswald and Lyndon B. Johnson takes over as the acting president, he is a bit harsher on the war efforts.
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Vietnamization is passed by then president Richard Nixon in hopes for south Vietnamese to train its own soldiers instead of relying on the U.S
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Cops fired into a crowd of protesters at Kent State University killing four and injuring many others, this would lead to many other violent protests
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In efforts to open up China Richard Nixon takes a trip to china in hopes to one day open relations with china
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the Watergate scandal had the president spy on the other candidates during the campaign
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Nixon promised to help out in the south Vietnam war
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Through the Watergate scandal congress decides to impeach Nixon
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President Richard Nixon Resigns after being discovered for his participation for the Watergate scandal
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North Vietnam Marches to Saigon and defeats any resistance and South Vietnam surrenders, this unifies Vietnam making it a communist nation