vietnam war

  • Domino Theory coined

    Domino Theory coined

    This is the thought other countries would soon fall to communism as a domino affect
  • Geneva Accords

    Geneva Accords

    to outsettle issues from the first korean war
  • Assassination of Diem

    Assassination of Diem

    treatment of the opposition to his regime alienated the South Vietnamese population
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    to send hundreds of thousands of troops to south vietnam
  • LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam

    LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam

    He ordered 125k troops to vietnam
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    massacre was the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War
  • Nixon’s Vietnamization policy

    Nixon’s Vietnamization policy

    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
  • Nixon sends troops into Cambodia

    Nixon sends troops into Cambodia

    President Nixon ordered United States troops to occupy parts of Cambodia
  • Hard Hat Riot

    Hard Hat Riot

    400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970
  • Kent State shooting

    Kent State shooting

    killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard
  • Nixon’s Christmas bombing

    Nixon’s Christmas bombing

    Linebacker II was an aerial bombing campaign conducted by U.S. Seventh Air Force
  • Paris Peace Accords

    Paris Peace Accords

    Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam
  • War Powers Act

    War Powers Act

    federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.
  • Saigon Falls

    Saigon Falls

    it fell to communist forces