8H+Vietnam

=THE WAR IN VIETNAM= = ===

Timeline
-Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Drew temporary diving line across Vietnam at the 17th parallel || -Ngo Dinh Diem refused election because he thinks Ho Chi Minh (communist leader) would win and take power with his communist party -Peace accord broken || -Johnson ordered bombing of North Vietnam || -Robert F. Kennedy also announced candidacy and opposition to war policies -Johnson decided not to run for re-election -Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago, and protesters poured into the city. Chicago police violently attacked protesters -Johnson ordered total bombing halt -Nixon won election, and continues war || -U.S., South Vietnam, and North Vietnam met in Paris for peace talk; an agreement was made but South Vietnam refused ||
 * September 2, 1945 || -Vietnamese Declaration of Independence ||
 * 1954 || -End of war between France and Vietnam
 * 1956 || -Entire Vietnam held elections to choose new government that would rule the united Vietnam
 * 1960 || -Dwight D. Eisenhower sent 900 U.S. military advisers to Vietnam ||
 * 1962 || -John F. Kennedy increased numbers to 11,000 ||
 * November 1, 1963 || -Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated by a plot that was known by U.S. advisers who did not stop it because of Diem's corruption ||
 * August 1964 || -Lyndon B. Johnson announced that U.S. military ship, USS Maddox has been attacked by North Vietnamese forces in the Gulf of Tonkin
 * 1965 || -Tens of thousands of troops headed for Vietnam. Protest movement begins to grow ||
 * October 1967 || -Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against war ||
 * 1968 || -Senator Eugene McCarthy announced he would seek Democratic nomination for president against incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson
 * November 3, 1969 || -Nixon announced program "Vietnamization". U.S. soldiers gradually transferred fighting to South Vietnamese Army ||
 * April 1970 || -Nixon announced that U.S. would go into Cambodia ||
 * May 4, 1970 || -Ohio National Guard open fired killing four student protesters at Kent State University ||
 * 1972 || -Nixon ordered massive bombing of North Vietnam
 * 1973 || -Paris Peace Accord was signed. It recognized the existence of Viet Cong and allowed North Vietnam to stay in the South ||
 * July 3, 1973 || -Congress banned all bombing. Financial aid continued ||
 * April 30, 1975 || South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell. War was over ||

Pictures
This is a picture of President Eisenhour and the leader of south Vietnam Ngô Dình Diêm. This is a picture of part of Saigon after the war. As you can see the devastating aftereffects.

Video Clip


"American History." 2007. ABC-Clio. 5-17-07.  "United Streaming." 2007. discovery Education. 5-17-07. 
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