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Eisenhower theorizes that if a country falls to communism, it will have a domino effect on all surrounding countries. -
The Geneva Accords were signed. France agreed to leave Vietnam -
The USA authorizes the CIA to kill South Vietnam's president Ngô Đình Diệm -
A joint resolution that the United States Congress passed in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident -
President Lyndon B. Johnson orders troops to Vietnam to fight communism -
After President Nixon announced US soldiers would enter Cambodia hundreds of university students began riots. Specifically, in Kent University, the riot was so bad several students were injured and killed -
A major coordinated offensive launched and directed by the Viet Cong -
USA soldiers massacred civilians, not just the men but the women and children too. -
A policy that would train South Vietnamese soldiers and increase their combat mission while also reducing US soldiers. -
Nixon sends troops into Cambodia to disrupt the Viet Cong supply routes. -
hundreds of construction workers and office workers attacked student protesters. -
During the final stages of the war, Nixon was angered when negotiations between North Vietnam and the USA collapsed and Nixon ordered Operation Linebacker II to carpet bomb North Vietnam -
An agreement that ended the war and brought peace to Vietnam -
An Act used to prevent the president from initiating/escalating conflicts -
The Capital of South Vietnam "Saigon" was taken by the Viet Cong.