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war power act
what legislation was passed to help congress keep the president power in check with sending troops into battle -
dien bien phu
1954 north Vietnamese attack the french to drive them out of Vietnam start of the Vietnam war -
Geneva conference
divide Vietnam into north and south vietnam -
gulf of tonkin incident
USS Maddox incident involved what were originally confrontation involving north Vietnam and US in the water -
gulf of tonkin resoultion ( blank check )
what is another name for the gulf of tonkin resolution -
operation rolling thunder
bombing for 3 years -
pentagon paper
name given to a secret Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967 -
tet offensive
what a surprise attack occurred on Vietnam new years day -
my lai massacre
“search and destroy” -
last US troop from south Vietnam
two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam as Hanoi frees the remaining American -
kent state university massacre
in the United States and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard
