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Ngo Dinh Diem |
against Communism and US supported him, as the leader of S Vietnam |
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3 reasons the US helped France in the war |
1. stop communism 2. france was our ally 3. didn't want china to turn communist |
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why did Vietnam divide into 2 parts? |
avoid communism, non communists need a place to live, temporary solution to deciding the countries future. |
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Ho Chi Minh |
North Vietnam hero that led the Vietnamese to fight from independence from France |
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Why was there a high percentage of Blacks drafted during this war |
few blacks attended college |
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why did South Vietnam love JFK |
he helped them overthrow their president and forced the soviets to remove nuclear mussels from Cuba |
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Dwight D Eisenhower |
commander that refused to allow North and South Vietnam unite at the Geneva Conference |
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Lyndon B Johnson |
he sent the first american troops to Vietnam, he didn't seek a 2nd term bc the US began to dislike his war time policies |
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William Westmoreland |
commanded US military forces in Vietnam |
