Column A 1.Draft Lottery_

2.John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th president of
the United States._

3.Escalation of Forces_

4.Vietnamization_

5.The Fall of Saigon___

6.John F. Kennedy is assassinated._

7.Gulf of Tonkin Resolution_

8.President Nixon is elected the 37th president of
the United States._

Column B

a. The communist North Vietnamese are able to capture the
South Vietnamese capital. They laid siege to the American embassy and forced the last remaining Americans to evacuate via helicopter, signaling the utter failure of the War in Vietnam.

B. Acknowledging the unpopularity of the war in Vietnam, he assured the public that he had a plan to remove American troops from Vietnam.

C. Nervous about the potential of communism spreading
throughout Asia (Domino Theory), he sends the first non-combat troops to South Vietnam to help the democratic nation by providing intelligence, training, and equipment.

d. After President Johnson claims two American ships were attacked by North Vietnamese ships, Congress grants the President permission to do whatever he feels necessary to maintain peace in Southeast Asia without officially declaring war.

e. After exhausting all of the volunteer troops, young men
were forced to join the War in Vietnam by randomly
selecting birthdays.

f. The U. S. policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring
the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam.

G. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the
president of the United States.

h. President Johnson begins sending tens of thousands of
combat soldiers to help fight the Vietcong.