Vietnam

By jadabell
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    Dien Bien Phu 3/13/54-5/7/54

    The Battle of Dien Bien Phu caused a major blow to America's French allies and put a severe damper on their chances of winning any battle.
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    Geneva Accords 4/26/54-7/20/54

    The Geneva Accords were America's way to help those struggling in Vietnam who wanted to move South. It was a conference that was a part of the Korean War that made Vietnam its own independent nation.
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    Tonkin Resolution 8/7/64

    This was an act passed by president Johnson that said he could declare war and even take any measures he thought possible or nessecary to help those in Asia
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    Invasion of Cambodia 4/29/70-7/22/70

    Nixon issued this invasion and it made people in America question his authority. This deployed a lot of American troops into enemy territory.
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    Pentagon Papers 6/13/71

    These papers made the war with America much more severe and made coastal raids in Northern Vietnam which kept the whole thing a secret and wasn't covered by the media.
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    Paris Peace Conference 1/27/73

    This officially ended the Vietnam War with Paris signing a Peacetime treaty and also ended the war with Americans and sent all the troops home.
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    War Powers Act 11/7/73

    This act made the President less powerful and put his powers in check when it came to declaring war or conflict without the consent of Congress.

  • Eisenhower Administration

    Eisenhower was put into office which kickstarted the Vietnam war.

  • Kennedy Administration

    Kennedy was put into power and kept the US out of war for his presidency.

  • Johnson Administration

    Johnson was put into power and he passed a lot of acts that helped Asia and Vietnam.

  • Gulf of Tonkin

    This event was an attack on Tonkin which made the US more involved directly in the Vietnam War.
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    Fulbright Commission

    This was a conference that made several acts and legislations involving the Vietnam War.

  • Daniel Ellsberg

    This man was a top secret agent for the Vietnam War and handled very important and top secret documents.

  • Vietnamization

    Vietnamization was the giving of troops and services by the US to Vietnam to help with the war effort.

  • Tet Offensive

    These were multiple attacks that happened in South Vietnam by Northern Vietnam to warn America to scale back in the war and to back off.

  • My Lai Massacre

    This was an attack on unarmed civillians in Southern Vietnam by the US and killed thousands of innocent civillians.

  • Nixon Administration

    NIxon was elected to office and was very involved in the Vietnam war and even had to have his power checked because of how many battles he put into action.
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    Christmas Bombing

    This was when the US dropped a bomb on Vietnam in their final years of involvement.

  • Ford Administration

    Ford was elected to power after Nixon resigned due to the Watergate Scandal, he was in charge of recovering the nation after the Vietnam War.

  • Fall of Saigon

    This was the last event of the Vietnam War where the Viet Cong captured the capital of Southern Vietnam.