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Occurred at the end of the French Indochina War. Vietnam was temporarily divided at the 17th parallel. The North was a communist nation, while the South was democratic.
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Occurred on the Buddhist holiday known as Tet. Vietcong soldiers surprise attacked America, but their military fought back and won the battle.
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United States Soldiers killed 300-500 peasants in a village. Some woman were raped and other bodies were found mutilated.
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Nixon's plan to slowly remove US troops from Vietnam. Then leaving the rest of the war efforts in the hand of South Vietnam.
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Nixon upset "doves" by invading neutral Cambodia. There were mass protests around the country due to his decision.
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Students were protesting the invasion of Cambodia by setting fire to a ROTC building. Reinforcements were sent it to maintain peace, but four shots were fired.
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Articles published in the New York times claiming the US government lied to their citizens. An example of this was that they said the Vietnam bombing of a US navy boat did not occur in the Gulf of Tonkin.
