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It was often used to justify the Vietnam war. It was the theory that if communism was not contained, it would spread to other countries.
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The U.S. was involved in the assassination of Diem, but the extent to which the U.S. was involved is unclear. Kennedy was not in support of the assassination.
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It granted military powers to a president without Congress needing to declare war.
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50,000 U.S. troops started to fight the Vietcong in South Vietnam.
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The U.S. announced a temporary invasion of Cambodia. This would help block off the Ho Chi Minh trail that gave the Vietcong an advantage.
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The New York Times release some highly classified government documents that showed what was actually going on in Vietnam. Showed that the government had not been honest.
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After the United States had left Vietnam the South Vietnamese were not able to defend the large and important city of Saigon and they lost it. This was a huge defeat for South Vietnam
