Important Dates
The Vietnam officially ended this year.
1975
This event gave President Lyndon B. Johnson more power to increase military action in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This U.S. president greatly increased American troop levels in Vietnam.
Who is Lyndon B Johnson?
This 1968 attack became a turning point in public opinion about the war
What is the Tet Offensive?
Many young American men protested this system that selected soldiers for service in the military.
What is a draft?
This year marked the start of major U.S. involvement in the war.
What is 1965?
This massive surprise attack by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces shocked Americans in 1968.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This communist leader of North Vietnam became a symbol of independence.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
U.S. Marines defended this combat base during a major siege in 1968.
What is Khe Sanh
This 1970 university protest ended badly when four students were killed.
What is the Kent State shooting?
The Tet Offensive began during this year.
What is 1968?
This evacuation marked the end of American involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Fall of Saigon?
This U.S. president began the policy of “Vietnamization”
Who Richard Nixon?
This battle was one of the longest and bloodiest of the Tet Offensive.
What is the Battle of Hue?
TV coverage of the war helped change this groups opinion about the conflict.
Who are the American public?
The fall of Saigon occurred on April 30 of this year.
What is 1975?
This secret network of supply routes was used by North Vietnam to move troops and supplies.
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
This general commanded U.S. military operations in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968.
Who is William Westmoreland?
This military strategy relied on surprise attacks and hit and run tactics.
What is guerrilla warfare?
These leaked government documents revealed info about the war.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed in this year.
What is 1964?
This agreement signed in 1973 aimed to establish peace and end U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
What are the Paris Peace Accords?
This anti war activist and boxer refused the military draft during the Vietnam War.
who was Muhammad Ali?
This operation involved extensive US bombing campaigns over North Vietnam.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
This movement organized demonstrations marches and protests against the Vietnam War.
What is the anti war movement?