Us support, 1954-60

Question 1

What was the domino theory?

Answer 1

USA fearing that one by one each country in Ashia would fall to communism

Question 2

How did the Americans support the south?

Answer 2

1) $1.6 billion in aid between 1954 and 1960
2) sending US military advisers in 1954 to help “prepare” for the 1956 elections
3) Backing Diem’s refusal to hold elections in 1956 in case communists won

Question 3

What does the NLF stand for?

Answer 3

National liberation front

Question 4

What was NLF set for?

Answer 4

To oppose to diem and soon controlled part of the countryside of south

Question 5

What was giving supplies and support to the north?

Answer 5

The Ho Chi Minh trail

Question 6

Who was the north dictator?

Answer 6

Ho Chi Minh

Question 7

What did Ho Chi Minh want to do?

Answer 7

Reunite North and South to introduce economic and social reform

Question 8

Who did the US support?

Answer 8

South vietnam incase of possible takeover from the North