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Eisenhower explains his "domino theory"
His theory suggests that once a large or powerful country becomes communist, the all of the surrounding countries who depend on the large country will convert to communism as well. This is referred to the "domino theory" because once it happens to one country, others will rapidly follow in its footsteps. -
Geneva Accords
used to try to resolve several problems related to Asia. One of the most troubling concerns was the long and bloody battle between Vietnamese nationalist forces, under the leadership of the communist Ho Chi Minh, and the French, who were intent on continuing colonial control over Vietnam. -
SDS Founded
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main representations of the New Left. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
It was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident which gave President Johnson the ability to use conventional military force in Southeast Asia without a declaration of war -
Tet offensive
some 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive (named for the lunar new year holiday called Tet), a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam.They planned the offensive in an attempt both to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its support of the Saigon regime. -
My Lai massacre
In one of the most horrific incidents of violence against civilians during the Vietnam War, a company of American soldiers brutally killed the majority of the population of the South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai. -
Kent State student shot
During an altercation on May 4, twenty-eight guardsmen opened fire on a crowd, killing four students and wounding nine
