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Nixon believed in building the South Vietnamese military rather than bombarding them with U.S. troops incase of an attack from the North.

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The draft lottery began in order for the U.S. government to draft young men into the military, and al males ages 18-26 were obligated to register for it. Each person's birthday was assigned to a number between 1-366, to decide the order that me would be drafted into the military. Men whose number was chosen would report for military service, with few exceptions.

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The secret bombing attack over Cambodia  lasted 14 months. Operation Menu was administrated by Nixon, in hopes to reduce Northern Vietnamese supplies and troops going into the South. Many people died, and the U.S. ended up experiencing material losses due to their failure. Many people died, and this added to the already controversial Vietnam War, as many Americans had been protesting it.

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On May 4, 1970, there was a protest being held in opposition to the Vietnam war on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio. The protest resulted in 9 injuries and 4 deaths of unarmed students, due to the shooting of the Ohio National Guard. A student being killed in an anti-war protest was very unprecedented at the time, which is why the event was so significant. The participation of the student strike that began 3 days prior to the shooting increased as students across the country participated in walkouts.

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After Daniel Ellsberg's failed attempt of giving anti-war senate members pentagon documents, he gave them to the New York Times. The Pentagon Papers had confidential information on the war, such as U.S. involvement in covert operations like the bombing of Cambodia. This event highly embarrassed the government, as they were manipulating the people, lying, and misinterpreted data. The government sued The New York Times, who ended up winning the case due to Freedom of the Press.

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Thanks to the Paris Peace Accords, the military drafted ended. Nixon thought it would be an efficient way to calm the anti-war movement

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Only three days after inauguration, President Nixon brought an end to the Vietnam War and bring peace to Southeast Asia. The agreement included American prisoners being sent home, and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam.

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John McCain, senator and former prisoner of war in Vietnam, became a voice for U.S. servicemen who were still MIA from the war. McCain visited Hanoi to be there for the release of the POWs in 1992. This provided hope and closure to America and military families.

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Richard Nixon resigned after his 5 year long term in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal, as he additionally feared impeachment. Ford was swung into office August of 1974 and issued a pardon to Nixon so he'd be immune from criminal charges. His presidency saw the end of the Vietnam War, but after the war gas prices surged harming the economy.

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The fall of Saigon marked the end of the Vietnam War and the reconcile of the Vietnams under communist rule. The North launched an invasion and surrounded the South's capital city, (Saigon.) The remaining citizens of Saigon were left stranded as the U.S. government did not evacuate the non-combatants.