origins of the vietnam war chapter 16 section 1. kennedy and nixon o shared a vision for a better...
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Vietnam O Never attracted too much attention until the 1960’s O Located in SE AsiaTRANSCRIPT
Origins of the Vietnam War
Chapter 16 Section 1
Kennedy and NixonO Shared a vision for a
better America in the 1960’s
O Still against Communism!!!
O Wanted new defense against Communism in Vietnam.
Vietnam
O Never attracted too much attention until the 1960’s
O Located in SE Asia
1800’sO France ruled
IndochinaO 27 million peopleO High taxesO Tough rulersO French controlled
everything!
Ho Chi MinhO Some rebelledO One who wanted
independence! O Very anti-French!O Embraced the idea
of CommunismO Vietminh – Ho Chi
Minh’s Communist party
Domino TheoryO The idea if one country falls to
Communism, the next will. O US felt the need to protect the region
Geneva Accords
O French and the Vietminh fight for 8 years.
O French finally fall (1954)O 15,000 casualtiesO France granted
independenceO Vietnam, Laos and
Cambodia
Geneva AccordsO Divided N. Vietnam
and S. Vietnam at 17th parallel
O Ho Chi Minh – North –communist
O Anti-communist government supported by US in south
SEATOO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization O Goal was to stop the spread of
communism in SE Asia
O Ngo Dinh Diem – Ran S. Vietnam. Anti-communist
VietcongO Rebel group created
in 1957in the south.O Guerilla warfareO Bombed out roadsO Killed government
officials
JFKO Elected in 1960O 1961 – Special forces
sent inO 1963- 15,000 AmericansO Diem assassinated –
1963O Two weeks later JFK
killedO Johnson sworn in
August 2, 1964O US was fired up for the first time in
Gulf of TonkinO Gulf of Tonkin Resolution –
“Take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression”Officially committed now to Vietnam
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