U6 TIMELINE by Britton Walston https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc Made with the best of intentions en-us 2022-03-31 19:44:42 UTC 2022-04-14 19:29:40 UTC hello@padlet.com August 7, 1964: Tonkin Gulf Resolution brittonw https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2124275148 Authorizes Lyndon B Johnson to take any measures he believed necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.
-Effect: USA enters Vietnam War]]> 2022-03-31 19:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2124275148 March 16, 1969: Mai Lai Massacre brittonw https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2129373109
  •  A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people—women, children, and old men—in the village of My Lai.
    • -effect: made many Americans mad

    ]]>     2022-04-04 19:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2129373109     August 8, 1974: Richard Nixon resigns brittonw https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2129374602 President Nixon resigns the office of the presidency in connection with the Watergate scandal.
    -Cause: risk of impeachment]]>     2022-04-04 19:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2129374602     September 17, 1978: Camp David Accords brittonw https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2129375926
  • Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem, sign a pair of political agreements following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David.


    • ]]>     2022-04-04 19:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2129375926     November 4, 1969: Tehran Hostage Crisis https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2131392606
  • United States diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized hostages.


    • ]]>     2022-04-05 20:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2131392606     November 9, 1989: Berlin Wall Falls https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2131393708 As the Cold War ends, East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country’s borders.
    -Cause: Ronald reagan says to tear down that wall.]]>     2022-04-05 20:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2131393708     April 15, 1989: Tienanmen Square Protests https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2131394655
  • student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing


    • ]]>     2022-04-05 20:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2131394655     August 2, 1990 - February 2, 1991: Gulf War https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2131395814
  • Armed campaign waged by a United States-led coalition of 35 nations against Iraq in response to the Iraqi invasion and annexation of Kuwait. 


    • ]]>     2022-04-05 20:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/brittonw/9429ayohwcjfxrnc/wish/2131395814