Vietnam+A+Path+To+War


 * =**VIETNAM - THE PATH TO WAR **=

You all know that the United States was involved in a major military conflict during the Cold War ... but why? What was America's "path to war"? Using the resources below and Creating America, your task this evening is to write a description in YOUR OWN WORDS of the causes of American involvement in Southeast Asia. Pretend you are writing it as a summary for on online encyclopedia or textbook. Your description should ...


 * be between two and four paragraphs
 * continue the following terms - France, Ho Chi Minh, communism, Ngo Dinh Diem, military advisors, Gulf of Tonkin
 * be IN YOUR OWN WORDS (remember, it's easy to check this online)
 * contain two images THAT RELATE TO YOUR WRITING
 * Should end with the first Marines landing in Vietnam in 1965

**America had just gotten out of a fight in Korea to stop the spread of communism. Now, Vietnam has been turned into a communist county. The US would seem to be total hypocrites to fight a war in Korea on one thing, but then not get involved for the same exact thing in Vietnam. Before the communist rule in Vietnam, Vietnam was ruled by France. Vietnam was called French Indo China. Then Ho Chi Minh forms the Vietminh party to liberate Vietnam. In 1945, Vietnam declared its independence. During the peace making process, Vietnam seemed to have split in two pieces, with the communists in the North.

The communists were ruled by Ho Chi Minh, the leader of the Vietminh party. The leader of the south was Ngo Dinh Die.The US had decided to create a "puppet state" out of south Vietnam and they decided that Ngo Dihn Diem should be the leader. Some people may have thought that Diem was a great leader, but in fact he was the opposite of that. He appointed people around him who he had personal ties to. He gave many jobs to family and friends. Also, since he was Roman Catholic, he limited the rights of Buddhists, which many people in Vietnam were at the time. Because their rights were limited, many monks protested. One way that they protested was self immolation. Later, Diem was assassinated. After his assassination, south Vietnam was in shambles. Johnson, the president at the time, had sent over military advisors to help aid in the situation. Then, in the Gulf of Tonkin, North Vietnam launched an attack on the U.S.S Maddox. President Johnson then became completely commited on fighting in Vietnam. The marines first landed in Vietnam in 1965. .**

Need some help? How about ... //Creating America// [|Into Vietnam (Overview)] from ABC-CLIO [|**Vietnam War** - the **Causes**] [|Timeline of the Vietnam War] [|Vietnam Online Timeline] Causes of the Vietnam War video below

A Brief History of Vietnam- French Indochina first Ho Chi Minh- 1930's leads a communist revolt, fleas to china and the USSR Then Japan takes over Form Vietminh party in order to liberate vietnam declares independence in 1945 1954- vietminh successfully defeat french in north vietnam and establish communist government in the north they had primitive methods 1954- vietnam is split temporarily by the Geneva accords, split in two temporarily, communism in north Eisenhower believes in the domino theory, one will fall, then the rest will, helped establish a "puppet state" Ngo Dinh Diem leads south vietnam, won't hold free elections Self Immolation as forms of protest because he took away their rights has Buddhists South Vietnam is crazy after Diem was assassinated Johnson commits the US more fully to the war in Vietnam Originally sends a few more military advisors Maddox is attacked, supposedly, they were supervising/spying A blank Check, he wants to be able to do w.e he wants to do 98/2 ||