1. LIVING WITH GREAT TURMOIL
UNIT 6
LIVING
WITH
GREAT
TURMOIL
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2. CHAPTER 22
THE
VIETNAM
WAR
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3. THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT
FRENCH COLONY
JAPANESE OCCUPATION
INDEPENDENCE DECLARED
HO CHI MINH
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4. HO CHI MINH NORTH VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT
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5. THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT
FRANCE “KEEPS” VIETNAM
U.S.A. HELPS FRANCE
$2.6 BILLION
CONTAINMENT
ANTI-COMMUNISM
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6. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 34TH PRESIDENT BELIEVER IN THE “DOMINO THOERY”
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7. FRANCE DEFEATED DIEN BIEN PHU (1954) GENEVA PEACE ACCORDS
NORTH VIETNAM
COMMUNISTS – HO CHI MINH
SOUTH VIETNAM
CAPITALIST REPUBLIC
NGO DINH DIEM
CORRUPT / INTOLERANT
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8. SOUTH VIETNAM U.S. SUPPORTED
NORTH VIETNAM
COMMUNISTS
SUPPORTED
SOUTH VIETNAM
U.S. SUPPORTED
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9. SOUTH VIETNAM U.S. SUPPORTED NORTH VIETNAM COMMUNIST SUPPORTED
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10. JFK’S VIETNAM POLICY MORE FINANCIAL AID SENT MILITARY “ADVISORS”
16,000 BY 1963
OK’D MILITARY COUP
DIEM KILLED
“SUGGESTS” U.S. WITHDRAW
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11. JOHN F. KENNEDY 35TH PRESIDENT
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12. SOUTH VIETNAM’S PRESIDENT WAS KILLED IN A MILITARY COUP
SOUTH VIETNAM’S PRESIDENT WAS KILLED IN A MILITARY COUP. THE COUP TOOK PLACE WITH U.S. APPROVAL.
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13. LYNDON B. JOHNSON 36TH PRESIDENT
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14. LBJ EXPANDS THE CONFLICT
THE GOAL:
NOT TO LET S. VIETNAM
“FALL” TO COMMUNIST
TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION
U.S. SHIPS ATTACKED (?)
LBJ GAINS POWER
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