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Social Studies

12th Grade

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Hard

Created by

Dominic Rivera

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The Vietnam War

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Background

  • Vietnam- A country in Southeast Asia

  • France controlled Vietnam since 1880's

  • Vietnam has resisted foreign rule for over 2000 years!

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WWII and Aftemath

  • Japan invades during WWII

  • 1945-Japan loses war and leaves

  • First Indochina War fought between communist faction in North and French in South.

  • 1951-Eisenhower helps French with the war with $$$

  • 1954-France loses war

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The Geneva Conference ended French Influence

Geneva Accords signed in 1954:

  • France would end its colonization

  • North Vietnam would be communist

  • South Vietnam would be a democracy

  • Demilitarized zone along the 17th parallel

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American Intervention*

*This should sound familiar

  • US had policy of "Containment" during Cold War

  • North Vietnamese start invading South after Geneva Accords

  • North and South led by very different leaders

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  • ​North Vietnam leader

  • Communist

  • Wanted a unified, independent Vietnam

  • Had been fighting since 1940's

Ho Chi Minh

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  • ​South Vietnam leader

  • Anti-Communist

  • Backed by the US with $$$

  • Authoritarian leader

  • Jailed opponents and suspended elections

​Ngo Dinh Diem

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The Vietnam War

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