Vietnam Moving Towards Conflict Ms. Ha Section 1
I. French in Vietnam A. French Indochina War 1. France: reestablish rule 2. USA: 1950’s,involved
B. Why USA there? 1. Strengthen ties with France 2. Fight: communist spread 3. US: economic & military help
II. France Rule A. Vietnam: colony 1. Ruled Indochina a) Vietnam b) Laos c) Cambodia
French Indochina
B. French exploitation 1. Own plantations a) Rice b) Rubber c) Vietnamese peasants= angry d) French: limit speech & jail dissenters
C. V. Revolutionaries 1. Flee to China 2. Ho Chi Minh: US gave him support in WWII a) Fight off Japanese b) 1930: Indochinese Communist Party
Ho Chi Minh
D. 1940: Ho returns home 1. Vietminh: goal a) to win independence b) kick out foreign rule c) 1945: Japan kicked out
E. President Eisenhower 1. “domino theory” knock out one country, rest will follow 2. Goal: halt communism 3. French done: May of 1954 4. Vietminh overran French outpost at Dien Bien Phu
F. Geneva Accords 1. July 1954: divided Vietnam at 17th parallel 2. Ho controls North: capital of Hanoi
3. Anti-communists in South from Saigon 4. Election in 1956: unify country