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Domino Theory coined- Eisenhower - in light of Vietnam
The domino theory was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a perfectly aligned row of domino's. The domino theory dominated U.S. thinking about Vietnam for the next decade. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva Conference, intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War, was a conference involving several nations that took place in Geneva, Switzerland. As part of the agreement, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam. Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, pending elections within two years to choose a president and reunite the country. -
Assassination of Diem
Following the overthrow of his government by South Vietnamese military forces the day before, President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother are captured and killed by a group of soldiers. The death of Diem caused celebration among many people in South Vietnam, but also lead to political chaos in the nation. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing 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. -
LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam
LBJ ordered 3,500 solders to be the first troops to Vietnam. They were sent to South Vietnam to support the Saigon government. The Saigon government were trying to defeat an increasingly lethal Communist Insurgency. The solders mission was to protect an Air base the Americans were using for a serious of bombing raids they had recently began in South Vietnam. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.The Tet Offensive consisted of simultaneous attacks by some 85,000 troops under the direction of the North Vietnamese government. The attacks were carried out against five major South Vietnamese cities, dozens of military installations, and scores of towns and villages throughout South Vietnam. -
My Lai Massacre
It was the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by United States troops in Sơn Tịnh District, South Vietnam durng the Vietnam war.The My Lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people—women, children and old men. -
Nixon’s Vietnamization policy
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 sends troops into Cambodia
Nixon believed North Vietnam was transporting troops and supplies through neighboring Cambodia into South Vietnam. He hoped that bombing supply routes in Cambodia would weaken the United States' enemies. Nixon approved the use of American ground forces in Cambodia to fight alongside South Vietnamese troops attacking communist bases there -
Kent State shooting
the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970 in Kent, Ohio. -
Hard Hat Riot
When around 400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970.Massive gatherings of anti-war demonstrators helped bring attention to the public resentment of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. -
Nixon’s Christmas bombing
was an aerial bombing campaign conducted by U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 against targets in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during the final period of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. ts purpose was to persuade the South Vietnamese to go along with an armistice to which they were violently opposed. -
Paris Peace Accords
was a peace treaty signed to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. -
War Powers Act
This act gave the President enormous authority to execute World War II in an efficient manner. The president was authorized to reorganize the executive branch, independent government agencies, and government corporations for the war cause. It is a 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
The US was forced to abandon its embassy in the city and evacuate more than 7,000 US citizens and South Vietnamese by helicopter. When they attacked at dawn they met little resistance. North Vietnamese tanks crashed through the gates of the Presidential Palace and the war came to an end.