Vietnam+Path-5.23.12




 * A BRIEF HISTORY OF VIETNAM [[image:turningpoints/vietnamsill.gif align="right" caption="vietnamsill.gif"]]**

Pre 1800s – **Vietnam has __ Dynastic __ rulers, influenced by __ China __**

LATE 1800s – **Vietnam is a __ French __ colony**

1930s – **communist revolts led by __ Ho Chi Minh __ – Ho Chi Minh flees to China and USSR**

1940s – **Ho Chi Minh forms __ Vietminh __ party in order to liberate Vietnam – declare independence in 1945**

1954 – **Vietminh successfully __ Defeat __ French in north Vietnam and establish communist government in north**

1954 – **Vietnam is split __ Temporarily __ by the Geneva Accords, with free elections to be held in 1956 to unite the nation**

LATE 1950s – **__ Civil War __ in Vietnam between Communist North and American-supported South**


 * PRESIDENTIAL INVOLVEMENT **
 * [[image:turningpoints/hst.gif align="left" caption="hst.gif"]] || [[image:turningpoints/dde.gif align="left" caption="dde.gif"]] || [[image:turningpoints/lfk.gif align="left" caption="lfk.gif"]] || [[image:turningpoints/lbj.gif align="left" caption="lbj.gif"]] ||
 * **TRUMAN:**
 * -Sent economic and**
 * military** **aid to france**
 * to help them keep their**
 * colonies in IndoChina** || **EISENHOWER:**
 * -Felt that if 1 country falls**
 * into Communism, then**
 * others would follow -**
 * Domino Theory**
 * -Helped establish a puppet**
 * state in South Vietnam**
 * for some sort of government**
 * -NGO DINH DIEM LEADS**
 * SOUTH VIETNAM - Won't**
 * hold free elections** || **KENNEDY:**
 * -U.S. supports and overthrow**
 * of NGO DINH DIEM in 1963**
 * -Doesn't want to be soft on**
 * Communism**
 * -Sent advisors - at his death,**
 * there were 16,000 Americans in**
 * Vietnam** || **JOHNSON:**
 * -Commits the U.S. More Fully**
 * to the War in Vietnam**
 * -Originally send a few more**
 * advisors**
 * -It's THEIR problem, not ours** ||


 * = ** The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ** =
 * President can "Take all necessary measures" to protect American forces and "prevent further aggression". A BLANK CHECK
 * Passes unanimously in the House and only has 2 opposing votes in the Senate. Johnson states that "We will seek no wider war". ||  || [[image:http://www.findingdulcinea.com/docroot/dulcinea/fd_images/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day--False-Claims-of-Attack-Lead-Congress-to-Authorize-Vietnam-War/news/0/image.jpg caption="Sec. of Defense Robert McNamera"]] ||
 * Sec. of Defense Robert McNamera ||  ||


 * [[image:http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/0bbab3dff8455159bcacb94c240ceb82_1M.png caption="external image 0bbab3dff8455159bcacb94c240ceb82_1M.png"]] || = ** Operation Rolling Thunder ** =


 * Will drop more bombs in North Vietnam than they did in Europe during WWII
 * 1965- Marines sent in. 3,500 Marines join 20,000+ military advisors.

= =
 * = American ground troops enter Vietnam  =

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My questions about the Vietnam War: