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Geneva Conference
This Conference created a set of documents known as the Geneva Accords. The agreements of the documents had to temporarily split Vietnam into two pieces. Northern part would be controlled by Viet Mihn and the south would be controlled by the pro-Western Regime -
Ngo Dinh Diem Executed
Vietnamese generals were unhappy with Diem, they seized power and killed him. -
Kennedy's assasination
3 weeks after Diem's death, President Kennedy was shot down in Texas. President Johnson had to step up into Vietnams growing problems. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authorized the president to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent any further agression" -
Teach-Ins
Faculty members and students abandoned their classes and joined togeather in a teach-in. They discussed the issues surrounding the war. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
President Johnson expanded the American involvment by bombing Norht Vietnam, it was an attempt to confuse and to undermine the capacity of the goverment in North Vietnam. In the end Operation Rolling Thunder failed. -
Tet Offensive
Vietcong and North Vietmamese launched a suprise attack, they attacked all of the American Airbases and most major cities in South Vietnam, The Tet Offensive was a complete failure for the communist, however the public opinions in America no longer favored the president. -
Vietnamization
Nixon announced that he withdrew 25,000 soldiers from South Viatnam. Nixon did not want to be seen as the weak one, so he increased the number of air strikes in North Vietnam. -
My Lai
People found out about the horrible massacre, commanded by Luitenant William Calley. -
Draft
Many young protesters considered the draft unfair. Some escaped to a diffrent county, others faced the consequences and got sent to prison. -
KSU
The Cambodian invasion set off many protests. At Kent State Universety Ohio National Guard fired at the demonstrators, killing four students and wounding several others -
JSC
Ten days later, after the Kent State incident, some polic e officers from Mississippi killed two African American studens during a demonstration at Jackson State College. -
Pentagon Papers
Proved that the government was not being honest wtih the people. -
26th Amendment
Voting rights will not be denied to anybody who is 18 years or older. -
War Powers Act
Congress passed the War Powers Act as a way to re-establish some limits on executive power.
