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President Nixon and Vietnam

By Hasen Trochez
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    Richard Nixon And Vietnam

  • Mylai Massacre

    Mylai Massacre
    Cruelties perpetrated the innocent. A large amount of Americans were slaughtering the majority of the South Vietnamese hamlet in My Lai.

  • Troops withdrawal

    Troops withdrawal
    800 troops are withdrawn from Vietnam. U.S was starting to hand over responsibilities to Vietnam.

  • Silent Majority Speech

    Silent Majority Speech
    Richard Nixon encourages the silent majority, people who are not letting their opinion be heard, to come and speak up! "And so tonight—to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans—I ask for your support."

  • Vietnamization

    Vietnamization
    Richard Nixon wanted to transfer all military responsibility to South Vietnam and remove all U.S Troops from involvement in the war.

  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment
    This amendment was forced to have young men vote. The slogan "Old enough to fight, Old enough to vote", created tension and had the idea of young men not allowed to vote

  • Christmas Bombing

    Christmas Bombing
    The U.S dropped at least 20,000 tons of explosive on Hanoi, North Vietnam. Operation of the bombing was called Operation Linebac ker II. More than 1,000 Vietnamese died.