2. By: Lucy Sincek & Jerome Stone

4.  Born May 19, 1890  Born in Nghe Province in Vietnam  Nickname –Uncle Ho  His Father, Nguyen Sinh Huy was employed by the French. His father taught him to resist the French anyway he can.  His sister joined the French military to steal there supplies. (caught and sent to jail for life)  Ho Chi Minh died September 3, 1969

5.  In 1917 he settled in Paris where he read the book Karl Marx and he became interested in communism.  While sailing he visited many other countries that were colonies of the French.  He saw they were also suffering from exploitation  A founding member of French Communist party

6.  Like his father he was a school teacher.  After school teaching he became a sailor  Died in Hanoi, Vietnam

7.  He established the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth Association  Also established the League of Oppressed Peoples of Asia  Founded the Indo-Chinese Communist party.  He founded the Viet Minh(a group of guerilla fighters)  Proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

8.  After pushing the French back he was still forced to sign the Geneva Cease- fire Agreement  That agreement gave him half of Vietnam.  Unfortunately for him it was the poor half of Vietnam

9.  Trying to get more food the country he tried to get the farmers to do a new agricultural there was a revolt from the lower classes  After the help from China and Russia Ho got more weapons for the Viet Minh. They also got economic aid.  The Viet Minh came up with a plan to infiltrate South Vietnam

10.  During the whole war the Viet Minh used guerilla warfare tactics.  Ho Chi Minh left power before the end of the war

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