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Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords stated that Vietnam was to become an independent nation. During the two-year interval until the elections, the country would be split into two parts; the Communist North and the American-backed South. -
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Free Speech Movement
A movement by students at Berkely to improve free speech on college campuses. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam. He basically had a "blank check" for the war. -
Free Speech Movement
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Tet Offensive
A month of Surprise attacks done by the Vietcong in South Vietnam. During this offensive, Vietcong would launch massive ambushes in severall South vietnamese cities. -
My Lai Massacre
American Soldiers kill almost 500 unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai. Victims were old men, women, and children. Bodies were found raped and mutilated. Only Second Lieutenant William Calley Jr., a platoon leader in C Company, was convicted. -
Nixon becomes President
Nixon becomes President of the United States. -
Vietnamization
Nixon administartion ces it's plan to the end the war in Vietnam by training South Vietnamize soldiers to fight the war themselves. -
Kent State Massacre
After days of rioting and the burning of an ROTC building at Kent State in Ohio, the National Guard is called in to control the situation. This results in the shooting of 4 stutdents. -
Pentagon Papers are leaked
7,000 pages of classified documents that proved that as President Johnson promised to end the war in Vietnam, he had been increasing the amount of soldiers and arms in Vietnam. -
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Pullout of American Soldiers
Nixon finally withdraws Americans from their role in the Vietnam war. -
Pullout of American Soldiers
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Fall of Saigon
Saigon, the South Vietnamese capitol, falls to the communist North. The final american embassadors evactuate the county and Vietnam is united as one communist country.
