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It was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
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It is an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II.
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Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam, called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
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It was a conference which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, and was an attempt to find a way to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina.
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South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam, with newly elected Ngo Dinh Diem as president.
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It gave broad congressional approval for expansion of the Vietnam War.
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A gradual and sustained US 2nd Air Division, US Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force aerial bombardment campaign conducted against North Vietnam
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The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam.
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A campaign of surprise attacks launched against military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam, when no attacks were supposed to take place.
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Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh dies at age 79.
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A policy of the Richard M. Nixon administration during the Vietnam War, as a result of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops.
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The American public learns of the Mai Lai massacre.
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President Nixon announces that U.S. troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia. This news sparks nationwide protests, especially on college campuses.
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Granted voting rights to American citizens 18yrs and older.
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The Paris Peace Accords are signed that provide a cease-fire.
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North Vietnamese tanks crashed through the gates of the Presidential Palace and the war came to an end.
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The last U.S. troops are withdrawn from Vietnam.
