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Domino Theory coined
President Eisenhower gave a historic press conference to help aid the French. This speech is where he coined the Domino Theory. This theory states that if a country falls to Communism the neighboring regions will also fall to communism. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva Conference was created to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War. The conference brought an end to the First Indochina War and marked the end of French influence in Southeast Asia -
My Lai Massacre
mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by United States troops in Sơn Tịnh District.U.S. Army officers covered up the carnage for a year before it was reported in the American press, sparking a firestorm of international outrage. -
Diem assassination
Diem served as President of South Vietnam.lead to political chaos in the nation and the celebration of the end of their corrupt president. -
LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam
August 2 and 4, 1964. LBJ deployed the first round of troops to Vietnam as a response from the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. This is the start of active battles in the Vietnam war. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowed LBJ to use any force necessary to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam. This is significant because LBJ could do whatever he needed to do, which could escalate up to nuclear bombings. -
Tet Offensive
coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The attack was portrayed as a failure in the news and created more pushback and anti-war movements in the US. -
Nixon’s Vietnamization policy
end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops". It was a way to end the war people so desperately wanted. -
Nixon sends troops into Cambodia
Nixon ordered U.S. ground troops to invade Cambodia on April 28, 1970. was significant because it angered the citizen and inspired the Kent state protest. -
Kent State shooting
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured on May 4, 1970, when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire while they were protesting the invasion of Cambodia. This ended up closing colleges down for a while so students could calm down. -
Hard Hat Riot
400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970. This riot showed the growing divide in the US population. -
Nixon’s Christmas bombing
the bombings forced the North Vietnamese back to the negotiating table. Operation Linebacker II was an aerial bombing campaign -
Paris Peace Accords
a formal written peace agreement in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. ( created the cease fire) -
War Powers Act
This was an act passed that limits how the president can send troops without the declaration of war from congress. -
Saigon Falls
the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam. This is important because this ends the war and the unification of Vietnam as one communist regime.