Vietnam War: The Dead-End Alley

Last emperor of Vietnam abdicating in 1945 and returned in 1949-1955. He was a playboy, more interested in vacationing in the South of France than governing Vietnam.

• Bao Dai

• Jean Cedile

• Ho Chi Minh

• Chiang Kai-Shek

Known as "Agent 19' and "Lucius"; he was born Nguyen That Than in 1890. His name translates, "He Who Enlightens." Founder of Indochinese Communist Party.

• Bao Dai

• Jean Cedile

• Ho Chi Minh

• Chiang Kai-Shek

Elected vice-president in 1944 for President Roosevelt's fourth term. Becomes the 33rd president in 1945. He didn't share FDR's interest in Indochina, nor was he opposed to its return to a the French.

• Dean Acheson

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Harry Truman

• John Foster Dulles

This was the central region of Vietnam under French rule. Europeans used "Annamese" to refer to all inhabitants of Vietnam.

• Cochinchina

• Annam

• Tonkin

Southernmost section of Vietnam under the rule of the French. The richest and most fertile section of the country. Saigon would be located here.

• Cochinchina

• Annam

• Tonkin

Northernmost section of Vietnam under the rule of the French. The area most affected by the famine of 1944-45. Hanoi would be located here.

• Cochinchina

• Annam

• Tonkin

The Trung Sisters were Vietnamese noblewomen that led a short-lived revolt against ________ in the first century A. D..

• Japan

• France

• United States

• China

Only after 1954 did the United States start to support the French war in Indochina.

• True

• False

This battle in 1954 will be the end of a French presence in Indochina

• Da Nang

• Dien Bien Phu

• Cao Bang

• My Lai

What country is represented by Number 2

• Vietnam

• Cambodia

• Thailand

• Laos