USA involvement

Question 1

Give one reason for USA involvement in Vietnam?

Answer 1

Due to the domino theory- communism spreading all over Aisha would fall like dominos

Question 2

What were the USA determined to do?

Answer 2

Stop the unification of the North Vietnam and South

Question 3

Give 3 ways how the USA supported the south?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What became very unpopular?

Answer 4

Diem’s corrupt government

Question 5

Who were the NLF?

Answer 5

The VC

Question 6

Who supported Ho Chi Minh?

Answer 6

The NLF who also wanted to unify the north and the South

Question 7

Who didn’t Kennedy like but still had to support anyway?

Answer 7

Diem

Question 8

By 1962 how many military advisers were training the ARVN?

Answer 8

11,000

Question 9

What did Buddhist monks do?

Answer 9

Burnt themselves in protest. This lead to the USA not like Diem. He was assassinated in November 1963 by his army generals