Vietnam War Scandals Timeline Economy/Agreements Involvement
100
.Mayday Protest
This was one of many Vietnam war protests.
100
Watergate Scandal
5 men were arrested for planting electronic "bugs" in the Watergate building that served as the Democratic Party's Headquarters, this was called _______.
100
1973
When was Vice President Agnew was forced to resign?
100
Wage and Price Controls
This is an economic policy measure when the government places a ceiling on wages and prices to curb inflation.
100
John Dean III
Who used to work for the White House, accused many officials, including Nixon, of helping to cover up the Watergate break-in and silence the burglars?
200
Nixon Doctrine
Nixon announced this policy which would withdraw United States troops from South Vietnam so they could learn to fight their own war.
200
Pentagon Papers
This document was leaked and showed that the United States had deliberately expanded its involvement in Vietnam.
200
1971
When were the Pentagon Papers leaked to the public?
200
SALT Treaty II
This agreement limited the levels of strategic weapons on both sides, but it was never ratified by the Senate.
200
China
Nixon's historic visit began the slow process of the re-establishing diplomatic relations between the United States and communist _______.
300
Vietnam
Who's conflict became the longest conflict in American history with 40,000 killed and 250,000 wounded as well as the 3rd most costly war in American history.
300
Oval Office
There were secretly taped recordings of conversations, where did they take place?
300
1972
When does Nixon visit China?
300
SALT I Treaty
This was the series of arms-reduction negotiations which aimed at freezing numbers of long-range nuclear missiles for 5 years.
300
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
What limited both nations to 2 clusters of defensive missiles?
400
Paris Peace Accords
The United States was to withdraw the remaining 27,000 troops and could reclaim some 560 American prisoners of war, this was called _______. (Vietnam was allowed to keep 450,000 troops in South Vietnam)
400
Richard Nixon
Who fired the prosecutor he'd appointed to investigate the scandal, his attorney general and deputy attorney because they refused to cooperate in firing the prosecutor?
400
1973
When did America learn that the United States Air Force had been secretly conducting over 3500 bombing raids against North Vietnam positions in Cambodia?
400
"Bretton Woods"
The wage and price controls ended the _______ system of international currency stabilization that took place after World War II.
400
Invasion of Cambodia
Riots including rock throwing, window smashing, and arson broke out, especially by university students, were all causes of _______.
500
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was going to bomb North Vietnam in 1965 despite the judgment by the US Intelligence Community?
500
Some portions were missing due to him deleting them.
What did Nixon do to the tapes before he gave them up?
500
1976
When does Jimmy Carter become president, greatly helped by 97% of the African American vote?
500
Richard Nixon
Who took the US off the gold standard and devalued the dollar?
500
Camp David
Carter invited President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel to blank in 1978.






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