Vietnam Timeline

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    Vietnam Timeline

  • The First Indochina War

    -Abroad
    -Impact: Social
    -France, U.S., China
    -Fighting between French forces and their Viet Minh opponents in the South

  • Vietnam Divided

    -Abroad
    -Impact: Social
    -Vietnam -Vietnam was temporarily divided into two states

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    -Abroad
    -Impact: Social
    -U.S., Vietnam
    -North Vietnam attacked U.S. boats with torpedos

  • Search and Destroy

    -Abroad
    -Impact: Social
    -Vietnam, U.S.
    -First major U.S.-led search and destroy mission of the Vietnam War.

  • A Nation Divided

    -Home
    -Impact: Social
    -Hawks and Dives had two different sides towards the war so 100,000 fled to Canada

  • Nixon in office

  • The American Role Deepens

    -Home
    -Impact: Social
    -Kennedy withdraws support from Diem

  • Election of 1968

    -Home
    -Impact: Social -Pres. Johnson decided not to run for president and Hubert Humphrey enters race

  • Economic Problems

    -Home
    -Impact: Social
    - The war is a major contributor to inflation

  • Vietnamization

  • Easing Cold War Tension

    -Abroad
    -Impact: Social
    -U.S., Vietnam
    -During the course of the Cold War, tensions rose and fell many times

  • Effect on U.S.

    -Home
    -Impact: Social -Nixon got caught when elected into office

  • Cambodia