1. The Vietnam War /

3. The Cause
Guiding Questions:
What did the United States try to do during the Cold War?
Who were the Vietcong?
Why did U.S. leaders decide to send soldiers to Vietnam?

4. http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam- war-history/videos/the-road-to-war

5. https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudie s/ushistory/vietnamwar
For 20 years, the United States tried to protect and preserve anti- communist forces in Vietnam. But it wasn’t working. By 1964, the communist forces and Viet Cong “guerrilla” fighters in the south were winning.
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7. The Controversy
Guiding Questions:
Why did opposition to the war grow in the United States as the fighting continued?
How did people show their opposition to the Vietnam War?
What were some effects of the war on the United States?