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Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords made it so that the French would withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam. It also led to Vietnam being temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, and the pending elections had to be complete within two years to choose a president and hopefully reunite the country. -
Assassination of Diem
The day before Diem was captured and killed by a group of soldiers he had been overthrown of his government by South Vietnamese military forces. The death of Diem caused many people to celebrate since he was not highly favored, but also led to political chaos in the nation. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This resolution was passed in order to authorize President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. The resolution served as the principal constitutional authorization for the subsequent vast escalation of the United States' military involvement in the Vietnam War. -
First Troops sent to Vietnam
The United States first deployed troops to Vietnam in 1965 in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 and 4, 1964. Johnson believed that if he permitted South Vietnam to fall through a conventional North Vietnamese invasion, he would be able to stop the spread of communism in regards to the "domino effect". -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offensive was an attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai Massacre was one of the worst moments of the US's character from the Vietnam war. The US soldiers had ended up killing 500 innocent and unarmed citizens from the village of My Lai in North Vietnam. This eventually got back to the public and everyone was highly disappointed in the decisions being made by the general and President Nixon. -
Nixon becomes President
Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States after previously serving as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator. Nixon promises peace with honor in Vietnam and law and order at home. He also promised a more streamlined government and a return to more traditional values. -
Nixon's Vietnamization Policy
Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops. -
Nixon Ordered troops to Cambodia
Nixon ordered troops into Cambodia to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail and other supply lines used by North Vietnam, even though Cambodia was neutral. In 1970, he ordered air and ground strikes in Cambodia. This is the most controversial act of his to end the Vietnam War. It sparked countless protests from students across the country. -
Hard Hat Riot
The reason people were protesting and rioting was because of the Kent State shootings and the Vietnam War, following the April 30 announcement by President Richard Nixon of the U.S. invasion of neutral Cambodia. Then came the "hard hat" riot, which was filled with construction workers and laborers. They disagreed with the people who were anti-Vietnam war protesters and actually ended up attacking them and started a massive brawl. -
Nixon goes to China
Nixons visit to China ended up being one of the most important for all of the United Nations. By Nixon visiting it strengthened the relations between the US and China and opened up China to trade with all of the United Nations leading it to become an economical powerhouse. -
Nixon's Christmas Bombing
Nixons bombing on Christmas led to the death of 278 people, including 91 women, 40 old people, and 55 children. It was extremely controversial and many people once they found out about it really hated the fact he'd done it. It also led to the US Air Force losing 30 airmen and 20 MIA or captured. -
Paris peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam. This brought relief to many people in the United States after being the longest war they'd been involved in, but in reality it ended up not working out the most ideal way because shortly after North Vietnam ended up taking over South Vietnam. -
Nixon Resigns
President Nixon ended up resigning after he'd found out he was going to be impeached since the house judiciary committee had approved it. Since Nixon ended up resigning Gerald Ford started his presidency in 1974. -
Saigon Falls
The fall of Saigon effectively marked the end of the Vietnam War. After the introduction of Vietnamisation by President Richard Nixon, US forces in South Vietnam had been constantly reduced leaving the military of South Vietnam to defend their country against the North.