why did America get involved in Vietnam?

Question 1

1. containment

Answer 1

china had fallen to communism in 1949 and America had fought in Korea in 1950-53 to contain the spread of communism

Question 2

2. domino theory

Answer 2

Americans believed that, if South Vietnam fell, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand-and then Burma and India would follow
-the idea that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would also follow

Question 3

The U.S. saw the spread of communism as?

Answer 3

threat to its global interests and containment policy, which aimed to prevent the spread of communism

Question 4

Vietnam came to be seen as ?

Answer 4

a clash between superpowers and different ideologies