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He suggests the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a “domino” effect in Southeast Asia. The so-called “domino theory” dominated the U.S. thinking about Vietnam for the next couple of years. -
A meeting hosted in Geneva Switzerland. It was meant to settle issues resulting from the Korean War and the Indochina War. It involved several nations. -
He was the Prime Minister of South Vietnam during the war. He was assassinated in November 2, 1963. He was captured by the North Vietnamese eople.p -
Declares war which allowed him to send several hundred thousand American troops to South Vietnam. -
The 3,500 soldiers were the first combat troops the United States had sent to South Vietnam to support the government in its effort to defeat an Communist North Vietnam. -
Major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. -
Mass murder of South Vietnamese civilians by United States troops in South Vietnam -
Train and add more South Vietnamese people to the war allowing them to fight the war for the Americans while the USA slowly removes all Americans from the battlefield. This would lead to the South Vietnamese fighting physically themselves. -
Nixon launched raids to destroy the supply lines and to ensure that the USA withdrawal was occurring without any violence. -
The killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by a National Guard. -
400 construction workers and 800 office workers attacked 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970. -
A bombing airstrike by the United States of America on the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This was one of the last major attacks done by the U.S. before the end of their involvement. -
Agreement on ending the war. It also restored peace in Vietnam. Signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. -
This made sure that the President cannot make any violent or war making decisions without the approval of U.S. Congress. -
The Capital of South Vietnam, Saigon, falls to the North Vietnamese Army, immediately leading to the Vietnam War to end.