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The U.S. feared that Southeast Asian countries would fall to communism one by one like dominos. This event is significant because it shows that wars have occured due to the fear of communism, and the remaining stigma around it. -
It was an attempted peace resolution that divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel. The accord ended the Indochina/ French war. -
Ngo Dinh Diem was the leader of South Vietnam, opposing communism. He was assassinated, and JFK supports a CIA-led Vietnamese military coup d'etat. -
USS Maddox was fired upon by North Vietnamese. Johnson used the attack to ask congress to expand his wartime authority. -
They were ordered due to the fear of communism spreading, and the purpose was to stop it. French imperialism had taken control of Vietnam since the 1800s. -
Vietcong launched an attack during Vietnam's New Year celebration, this attack was the turning point of the war. -
U.S. troops killed more than 400 unarmed Vietnamese villagers. It left a stain on our relation with Vietnam and showed how unnecessary violence in war can be. -
To slowly reduce the number of troops in Vietnam, Nixon wanted to invade Cambodia. -
Student strikes broke out on college campuses. The national guard shot at the students, after throwing rocks at them, killing four. This sparked many protests and riots, they were young. -
As troops in Vietnam decreased Nixon ordered an invasion of Cambodia. Due to this, the Kent State murders occurred, and 1,200 schools were shut down in the process of the Cambodian invasion. -
College students in NYC gathered to protest at the U.S. and president Nixon, to show how unacceptable the violence against protestors was. Many were anti-war activists and wanted to show that the war must end. -
Following the peace treaty, Nixon decided to break the stalemate by massively bombing Vietnam for two weeks straight. This bombing was terrible and shook the Vietnamese. -
The official agreement on ending the Vietnam War, and restoring Vietnamese peace. The accord included a cease-fire throughout Vietnam and established peace. -
The Wars Powers Act limited the President's wartime powers, its purpose was to limit the president's power in starting a war. -
It's also known as the liberation of Saigon by the Vietnamese government, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese. This marked the end of the Vietnamese war.