vietnam

Question 1

who were the 3 key vietnamese leaders in the vietnam war

Answer 1

Bao Dai
Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh

Question 2

who was Bao Dai

Answer 2

the previous emperor of vietnam untill 1955

Question 3

who was Dinh Diem

Answer 3

PM of south vietnam from 1955
catholic anti-comunist and nationalist

Question 4

who was Ho Chi Minh

Answer 4

leader of north vietminh from 1914
nationalist 1st communist 2nd

Question 5

what are some of the reasons the us got involved in the indochina?

Answer 5

protecting us national security
restore france
asia 1st policy
domestic preasures
paranoia
ideological motivations

Question 6

who was the first indochina war between

Answer 6

france
vietminh

Question 7

between when was the indochina war

Answer 7

1946-54

Question 8

which vietnamese leader did the us recognise and when

Answer 8

Bao Dai
1950

Question 9

in what ways did the us aid the french

Answer 9

advised them
ecnomicaly
gave 10,000 tonnes of military hardware per month
tanks, planes, naplam
bombers

Question 10

by 1954 how much of the war was the us paying for

Answer 10

80%

Question 11

how much did the us give to the war effort

Answer 11

$2 bill

Question 12

what was the us policy to the war

Answer 12

containment
based on domino theory

Question 13

how was the us assistance to the war limeted

Answer 13

the commited no men
only covertly assisted in Dien Bien Phu

Question 14

how did ike want to deal with the war

Answer 14

through diplomatic soultions

Question 15

what was Dien Bien Phu

Answer 15

a french trap to counter gurrilla warfare
in a base in a forest

Question 16

how did the vietminh react to the french Phu trap

Answer 16

planned a risky assault
destroyed their airstrip
dug arround for a seige

Question 17

how much were the french out numbered in the Dien Bien Phu

Answer 17

5:1

Question 18

what was the result of Dien Bien Phu

Answer 18

french surrender and lose all effective control of north vietnam
geneva negotiations

Question 19

what was significant about Dien Bien Phu

Answer 19

one of the 1st major conflicts where a conolised non-european people had defeted a european colonial force

Question 20

when were the geneva accords

Answer 20

1954

Question 21

what did the USA want in the geneva accords?

Answer 21

containment through deplomacy
capitalist vietnam
protection of french intrests

Question 22

what did the USSR want in the geneva accords?

Answer 22

diplomatic solution
to lure the french with conssesions
communist vietnam

Question 23

what did the PRC want in the geneva accords?

Answer 23

end of the war
limit us involvment
communist vietnam

Question 24

what did France want in the geneva accords?

Answer 24

no more war
continued accsess to vietnamese reacorces

Question 25

what did the North.v want in the geneva accords?

Answer 25

indpendant, commuist, unified vietnam with ho chi minh as leader

Question 26

what did the south.v want in the geneva accords?

Answer 26

an indpendant, capitalist, unified, anti-communist vietnam with Diem as leader

Question 27

what did the us get in the geneva accords

Answer 27

the dont sign
so are not bound by the obligations including no forien alliances and holding elections

Question 28

what did the ussr and prc get/reaction in the geneva accords

Answer 28

wilingness to sacrifice Ho Chi Minh’s vision
Prc not recognised by us

Question 29

what did france get in the geneva accords

Answer 29

had to leave the north and leave the south post elections
lost vietnam

Question 30

what did north v get in the geneva accords

Answer 30

vietnam above the 17th parallel
elections in 2 years
vietminh had to leave the south

Question 31

what did south v get in the geneva accords

Answer 31

refused to sign
gained vietnam below the 17th parallel