1. Vietnam Moving Towards Conflict
Ms. Ha Section 1

2. I. French in Vietnam
A. French Indochina War
1. France: reestablish rule
2. USA: 1950’s,involved

3. B. Why USA there?
1. Strengthen ties with
France
2. Fight: communist spread
3. US: economic & military help

4. II. France Rule A. Vietnam: colony 1. Ruled Indochina a) Vietnam
b) Laos
c) Cambodia

5. French Indochina

6. B. French exploitation
1. Own plantations
a) Rice
b) Rubber
c) Vietnamese
peasants= angry
d) French: limit speech
& jail dissenters

7. 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

8. Ho Chi Minh

9. D : Ho returns home
1. Vietminh: goal
a) to win independence
b) kick out foreign rule
c) 1945: Japan kicked out

10. 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

11. F. Geneva Accords
1. July 1954: divided Vietnam
at 17th parallel
2. Ho controls North: capital of
Hanoi

12. 3. Anti-communists in South
from Saigon
4. Election in 1956: unify
country