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A conference that took place in Geneva, Switzerland to negotiate peace in the Korean Peninsula and Vietnam. Organized the removal of French forces from Vietnam.
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Organized during the Geneva Conference, this agreement was a temporary separation of Vietnam along the 17th Parallel. Created Communist North Vietnam and non-Communist Sout Vietnam
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The U.S. refused to agree to an election in 1956 to rejoin both halves of Vietman by the election of a leader for fear of a Communist leader winning.
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The first President of South Vietnam began the creation of the Republic of Vietnam. His anti-communist views won him much support with the U.S., but his opposing Roman Catholic views versus the Montagnard and Buddhist population lost him favor among the Vietnamese.
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After losing favor with the people of South Vietnam Ngo Dihn Diem tried to leave South Vietnam, but was discovered and assasinated
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Communists in South Vietnam established the National Liberation Front to use guerrilla warfare against South Vietnam from the inside.
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The North Vietnamese fired of U.S. ships in international waters.
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Gave President Johnson authorization to use "conventional" military force in Southeast Asia, without having to declare war. Was a response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
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President Lyndon Johnson ordered the first troops to land in Vietnam.
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North Vietnam organized an attack on around 100 cities in South Vietnam with the Viet Cong. The South Vietnam army and U.S. forces were able to repeal the attack, but this showed everyone that the enemy was very powerful.
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Peace talks began in Paris to arrange peace between all involved parties.
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President Nixon created a plan called Vietnamization to remove U.S. Troops and leave the fighting to the South Vietnamese.
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The North Vietnamese invaded South Vietnam across the 17th Parallel when U.S. troops were almost completely removed.
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Peace talks succeded, finally, and a cease-fire was agreed to.
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The very last U.S. troops left South Vietnam following the finalization of the Paris Peace Accords.
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South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam after another attack by North Vietnam that destroyed the government of South Vietnam.
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The two halves that were divided along the 17th Parallel were reunited as the communist country of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
