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Ch 22 SS2 Flashcards

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Who kicked out the French during WW2?

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Japan

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Why did the French control info China since the late 19th century?

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Wanted resources

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France attempted to recolonize in the postwar period by the help of?

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US aid

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What forces defeated the French and where?

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Hi chi minhs Vietminh at dien bien phu

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What didn’t the U.S. send to Aid France?

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Eisenhower didn’t send troops

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What happened at the international conference at Geneva?

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Vietnam was decided to be temporarily decided at the 17th parallel
Ho chi Minhs nationalist forces controlled the north
Ngo dinh diem, French educated, Roman Catholic controlled south

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A date was set for democratic elections to do what? Who backed out? Why?

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To reunify Vietnam
Diem backed out, which led to military conflict between N and S (started the war)
Why did he back out? Knew he was going to lose

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Why was diems gov unpopular?

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Diems family held all power
Hoarded the wealth given by the U.S.
Buddhist majority persecuted
Torture, lack of political freedom prevail
-on going corruption -no land distribution to peasants -restricted Buddhist practice

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How did the U.S. aid diems gov?

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Eisenhower sent financial and military aid (no troops)

675 US army advisors sent by 1960 (train south Vietnamese troops)

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Ex of protesting diems gov

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Self-emulation by a Buddhist monk

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how was the stage set in Vietnam similar to Korea?*

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Both divided at a parallel
US supported the South
Got involved in order to contain communism!

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When Kennedy was elected in _____, what did he do for aid to South Vietnam?

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1960
Increased military “advisors” to 16,000
The advisors were becoming involved, more so soldiers than advisors

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How was Diem and his brother killed?

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1963: Jfk supported a Vietnamese military coup d’état where diem and his brother are murdered (nov 2)
Kennedy was assassinated just weeks later (nov 22)

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What did Ho Chi Minh want before the Vietnam war ?

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He wanted independence, which is why he formed the Vietminh

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How were the governments of south and north Vietnam different

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N-communist

S-democratic

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Why did the U.S. Gov support south Vietnam?

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Wanted containment and to prevent the domino theory

South Vietnam was anir communist and the U.S. Wanted it to stay that way

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How did some south Vietnamese who disliked diems gov show their beliefs?

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Several Buddhist monks and nuns publicly burned themselves to death to protest

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Tonkin gulf resolution

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Resolution adopted by congress in 1964, giving the pres (LBJ) broad powers to wage war in Vietnam

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Ho chi Minh trail

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Network of paths used by north Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in south Vietnam

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Vietcong

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Group of south Vietnamese communists who, with the north Vietnamese support, fought against the gov of south Vietnam in the Vietnam war

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Ngo dinh diem

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South Vietnams president who was a strong anti communist. Refused to take part in countrywide election of 1956. Gov was unpopular and many protested

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Geneva accords

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Peace agreement that temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel

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Dien bien phu

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French could not retake Vietnam even with massive US aid and were forced to surrender when the Vietminh overran this french outpost in north vietnam

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Domino theory

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Eisenhower states this idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will too

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Vietminh

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Organization (helped formed by Ho Chi Minh) whose goal was to win Vietnams independence from foreign rule

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Ho Chi Minh

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Leader who created info chinese communist party and orchestrated Vietnams growing dependence movement from exile in the SU and China

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How did the domino theory relate to Vietnam?

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US wants containment

China fell and Korea, now Vietnam was next ?

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National liberation front

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Political arm of the Vietcong were later called this

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Events that led to the creation of N and S Vietnam

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French ruled most of indochina
1940, Japanese took control of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh defeated Japan w/ US aid and tried to get the French to stay out
US aided French who were forced to surrender to Vietminh
Peace agreement then made to temporarily divide Vietnam

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