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In an attempt to solve some world issue, the Geneva Accords happened in Switzerland. This resulted in Vietnam being split into North and South Vietnam. This triggered war between them shortly after, as they had many disagreements about each others society, specifically in their economy and government. -
Ngo Dinh Diem was the president of South Vietnam and a strong anti-communist leader. A coup against South Vietnam was being planned by the North after some disagreements. They killed many leaders, and executed Diem with a revolver. -
After the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was enacted, which allowed president Lyndon B. Johnson to use military force with no limits on Southeast Asia without actual declaration of war. This will contribute to congress limiting the presidents military power. -
Johnson finally decided to help out South Vietnam, despite the Americans knowing about it mostly being against it. He wanted to seek an end to communism in North Vietnam, so this was his first action to doing so. -
A long lasting surprise attack by the North Vietnamese, this caught both South Vietnam and the United States off guard, resulting in thousands killed. This will be shown to America, and cause many people to question the war. -
This was a massacre by the United States on South Vietnamese, no mercy at all. This was caused by a mixture of lowered moral and an attempt to make the war look bad, which did succeed. Ended in at least 347 dead. -
After the democratic party split into two, Nixon took advantage of this for the 1968 election. He ended up winning, especially with help from the conservatives. -
Nixon wanted to get the United States out of the war, so he put in his Vietnamization policy. This plan was to have the United States strengthen the Southern Vietnamese military, while slowly removing their own troops until they were able to fight on their own. -
Trying to put Nixon's Vietnamization into full play, the United States wanted to invade Cambodia to get rid of North Vietnamese troops, so they wouldn't have to worry about that as a threat. Although the United States succeeded, it angered the American people, as they felt this was a lost cause at that point. -
In an attempt to support Nixon's idea of Vietnamization, 400 construction workers and 800 office workers attacked over 1,000 protesters who were going against the Vietnam war in New York city. Nixon recognized them, and invited them to Washington D.C. -
Nixon decided to visit China in order to build a relationship with them, and weaken the well tied knot between China, Vietnam, and the USSR. The visit was wildly successful, as it caused a shift in the cold war balance and hindered USSR's and China's relationship, as now the USSR had to work with the United States. -
In order to force North Vietnam into joining peace discussions, Nixon decided to mass bomb them for 12 days straight, targeting major cities such as Hanoi. This did end up working, and peace talks started to begin. -
After forcing North Vietnam to participate in peace talks, an agreement was reached and a peace treaty was signed. This was primarily between the United States, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam, and was signed mostly due to hemorrhaging moral and large costs. -
After the Watergate Scandal was founded out, evidence started to be collected on who was behind it, some of said evidence being against Nixon. After a large amount of evidence was being collected against Nixon, he resigned to avoid impeachment. This was cause large distrust in the government from Americans. -
North Vietnam decided to break the peace treaty made, and invaded South Vietnam as the United States started to remove troops. This resulted in the capital of South Vietnam, Saigon to fall, and made Vietnam as a whole communist.