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President Eisenhower, like many Americans, was afraid of the spread of communism. His theory on fighting communism was that if one country in a region fell to communism, the countries around them would also fall like dominoes.
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The Geneva Accords were the resolution to the French Indochina War. They divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel which lead to communist Ho Chi Minh ruling the North and pro West Ngo Diem leading the South.
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Johnson sends out more troops brining the total to 50,000 in Vietnam.
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On Tet, the one of most important Vietnamese holidays, the Vietcong attacked large cities in South Vietnam. The U.S. fought back and, after several weeks, won against the enemy.
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The My Lai Massacre is one of the most brutal of the war. Soldiers opened fire on a village, gang raped women, and mutilated the corpses of those they killed.
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Many Americans longed for peace as the war dragged on. The Woodstock Festival was one way where many people, hippies in particular, came together to celebrate peace, love, and music.
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As students at Kent State University violently protested the war, troops were sent in to restore peace. Soldiers ended up shooting and killing four students.
