America Enters Vietnam

​Why did the United States Get involved in Vietnam?

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In class video

Multiple Choice

Who was occupying Vietnam after the Japanese were defeated

• The French

• The British

• The Americans

• The Chinese

Multiple Choice

From what famous American document did draw his view for ending colonialism in Vietnam

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Emancipation Proclamation

Open Ended

How did the French push America into backing them, even though we were sympathetic to the Vietnamese?

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In class video

Open Ended

What specific course of action ended the United States Neutrality in the war between the French and the Viet Minh in Vietnam?

Open Ended

Why would the United States have sympathy with the Vietnamese people?

Open Ended

What was the relationship between the War in Korea and the impending war in Vietnam?