Vietnam War

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  • war power act

    war power act

    what legislation was passed to help congress keep the president power in check with sending troops into battle
  • dien bien phu

    dien bien phu

    1954 north Vietnamese attack the french to drive them out of Vietnam start of the Vietnam war
  • Geneva conference

    Geneva conference

    divide Vietnam into north and south vietnam
  • gulf of tonkin incident

    gulf of tonkin incident

    USS Maddox incident involved what were originally confrontation involving north Vietnam and US in the water
  • gulf of tonkin resoultion ( blank check )

    gulf of tonkin resoultion ( blank check )

    what is another name for the gulf of tonkin resolution
  • operation rolling thunder

    operation rolling thunder

    bombing for 3 years
  • pentagon paper

    pentagon paper

    name given to a secret Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967
  • tet offensive

    tet offensive

    what a surprise attack occurred on Vietnam new years day
  • my lai massacre

    my lai massacre

    “search and destroy”
  • last US troop from south Vietnam

    last US troop from south Vietnam

    two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam as Hanoi frees the remaining American
  • kent state university massacre

    kent state university massacre

    in the United States and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard