VIETNAM WAR

EVENTS

• Gulf of Tonkin Resoultion
• My Lai incident
• Kent State University incident
• Invasion of Cambodia
• http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

VIETNAM

• Who-south vietnam was aided by US, South Korea, Australia, etc.
• What- long costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime
• Where- north and south vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Southeast Asia
• When-1954-1953
• Loc.govhistory1900s.about.com

VIETNAM CONT.

• Why- communism was seeking to expand in vietnam
• How- USA was asked by NATO to keep communists from taking over the French territory
• Pbs.org

TIMELINE

• Oct 26,1955- South Vietnam declares itself the Republican of Vietnam
• Nov 2,1963- Ngo Dinh Diem, south Vietnamese president, is executed
• Aug 2 &4,1964- The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
• March 8,1965- The first US combat troops arrive in Vietnam
• Jan 30,1968- Vietcong joins w/ North Vietnam to launch the Tet offensive

U.S IN THE WAR

• The U.S. became involved in the Vietnam war
• The U.S. Was attempting to keep Communism spilling over from North Vietnam to South Vietnam
• The domino theory suggested that if one country became Communist than another country would 2
• https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111219172501AANoWBo

TIMELINE CONT.

• March 16,1968- hundreds of Vietnamese civilians are killed by US soldiers
• July 1969- Nixon orders first US troop withdrawals from Vietnam
• Sept 3,1969- Ho Chi Minh dies
• April 30, 1970- Nixon announces that US troops will attack enemy locations
• Jan 27,1973- a cease fire is provided after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords

TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION

• U.S congress passed the Tonkin gulf resolution
• It gave president Johnson to take whatever action he deems necessary
• It was used to defend Southeast Asia including the use of armed forces
• President Johnson signed the Tonkin gulf resolution into the law on August 10
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/Tonkin-gulf-resolution-is-passe...

PRESIDENTS

• Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon
• http://t.answers.com/answers/#!/entry/who-were-the-presidents-of-the-united...

SOLDIERS IN VIETNAM

• The average age of soldiers fighting in Vietnam was 22
• The commander of the U.S. Troops in Vietnam was Gen. William Westmoreland
• http://t.answers.com/answers/#!/entry/what-was-the-average-age-of-a-vietnam...
• http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-07-19/news/0507190266_1_land-until-...

DEFINITIONS

• Conscientious objector:
• A person who refuses to serve in the armed forces or bear arms on moral grounds
• Credibility gap:
• A situation which things someone says are not believed or trusted
• http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credibility%20gap

TET OFFENSE

• It was an offensive by Vietcong and north Vietnamese
• Forced against south Vietnamese and US positions
• Begins: January 31, 1968
• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tet+offensive

WAR POWERS ACT

• Said the president can send troops in a wartime capacity but for a certain time
• Everyone including the congress thinks the president can now declare war
• In order for it to be legal there's should have been an amendment to the constitution
• https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090504063607AARtn9u

INVASION OF CAMBODIA

• They were worried because US actions can have consequences
• Students voiced out the killing of innocent people
• The actions of Nixon had serious effects for the US and it's relation with other countries
• Https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080405052744AAbf89Q

VIETNAM

• The Vietcong took over
• They turned it into a communist action

LAI MASSACRE

• A platoon soldier received word that Cong guerrillas had taken cover
• When the US got there, there was no guerrilla fighters
• Happened in March of 1968
• Http://www.history.cpm/this-day-in-history/my-Ali-massacre-takes-place-in-v...