55-63:asia Flashcards
1
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When did the battle of Dien Bien Phu happen?
A
May 1954
2
Q
When were the Geneva accords signed?
A
21 July 1954
3
Q
What was agreed at the Geneva conference?
A
Vietnam split at the 17th parallel
Laos and Cambodia made independent
French forces leave n.Vietnam and Viet Minh from the south
elections scheduled for 1955
neither side could have foreign military ppl on their land
4
Q
What was Ho Chi Minh’s land reform?
A
seizing privately owned land and redistributed it among the rural framing population.public denunciations of landlords was commonplace
5
Q
When did Diem hold a general referendum?
A
23 October ‘55
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