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He founded the Indochinese Communist Party.
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Japnan invades Vietnam. This is what caused more bad stuff in in Vietnam.
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Was a conference that took place in Geneva, Switzerland. The purpose of it was to try to settle issues on the Korean peninsula and unify Vietnam
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The Geneva Accords, cease-fire for the peaceful withdrawal of the French from Vietnam, and temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel.
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South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam. While Ngo Dinh Diem becomes president.
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Ngo Dinh Diem is executed. He was exucted during a coup.
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In the Gulf of Tonkin incident the U.S passed Golf of Tonkin Resolution.
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It was a major event because president Lyndon B Johnson authorized a formal declartion of war by the U.S congress. The resolution allowed the president to do whatever he wanted.
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This was a bombing campaign. It lasted until October 1968, and the U.S air force and the navy did the bombing.
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The very first troops arrive in Vietnam for the war.
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The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns. It was North Vietnam vs South Vietnam
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The number of troops in Vietnam is huge. The number now reached 540,000
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Was a RIchard Nixon policy. It was to end the United States involvement in the war.
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This is when America now knows of the Mai Lai massacre.
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Nixon said the forces would expand into Cambodia. Kent State was a colleg where some students protested, and there was a shooting where a total of 9 students died.
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The 26th amendment was where citizens of 18 years old could vote. It's the shortest constitutional amendment.
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This is the day the United States decided to withdrawl troops. It was a long war.
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This was an act that allowed presidents to send only a certain amount of troops somewhere. Under it presidents can only send them into battle.
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This is when South Vietnam surrendered. They did because North Vietnam had pretty much run them all over.
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The Vietnam Memorila is made for troops.
