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Eisenhower explains his "domino theory"
Eisenhower told about his theory that conflict in another country (in this case being communism) will continue to spread and affect other nations until we have all been struck as a whole. -
SDS founded
Students for a Democratic Society was a student activist organization founded in America towards the beginning of the war -
U.S. supported coup of Diem
(Diem was president of Vietnam) despised by a group of the republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with his handling of both the Buddhist crisis and the Vietcong threat to the regime. -
Americans involvement in the Vietnam War
North Vietnamese and communist Vietcong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam. The U.S. decides to step in, in attempt to help South Vietnam. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The international confrontation that led to the U.S. engaging more directly in the vietnam war. -
US troops increase to 50,000
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Operation Rolling Thunder Begins
A campaign conducted by the U.S. 2nd air division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam airforce against the North. -
U.S. troops increased to 500,000
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My Lai massacre
The Vietnam war mass murderer of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in South Vietnam. -
Protests at Democratic Convention
Protest activity for anti-war with Vietnam groups. -
Nixon wins election
Republican Nominee, 37th president -
Vietnamization was introduced
The US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam. -
Woodstock Festival
Music and art fair in the U.S. which attracted many citizens. -
Invasion of Cambodia
Series of military operations by the U.S. and Republic of Vietnam as an extension of the Vietnam war. -
Pentagon papers printed in NY
These papers debunked the U.S. governments claimed position in the war and exposed how many troops we were losing [Link text](www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/pentagon-papers)
