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kennedy assassination
Kennedy was assassinated while riding in his car while riding with his wife. He was assassinated be Lee Harvey Oswald. The world was in shock -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
north vietnamese patrol boat fires on the USS Maddox. They missed -
operation rolling thunder
This was an operation where the U.S bombed north Vietnam. They used this strategy to try and reduce the communists leaders capacity to wage war against the U.S -
Tet Offensive
The tet offensive was a big part of the vietnam war. On the buddhist holiday of Tet, over 80,000 vietcong troops attacked nearly every major metropolitan center in south vietnam. -
MLK assassination
MLK was assassinated by a lone gunman by the name of james earl ray. This sparked riots in over 100 cities. -
26th amendment
The 26th amendment gave voting rights to people the age of 18. Young men thought that if they were old enough to be drafted then they were old enough to vote -
The end of the vietnam war
The North captured siagon. The war had ended and it had created the war saw powers act which said that the president must inform congress within 48 hours of sending in forces into a hostile area without the declaration of war.
