_____________________ The Vietnam War‚ Nixon‚ & Watergate CHAPTER 16 Chapter 16 Highlight Packet 16.1 Origins of the Vietnam War: 1. What started the U.S. involvement in Vietnam and why did we fight? Who was President at the beginning? French went to the U.S.A for money and the United States did not want Vietnam to become a communist country because if they had all the other poor little countries would follow. 2. Page 533: Who is Ho Chi Minh? Ho Chi Minh is a communist Vietnam revolutionary leader
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up the feelings of those Americans involved in the Vietnam conflict. He states‚ "Vietnam‚ Vietnam . . .. There are no sure answers." In this novel‚ the author gives a detailed historical account of the happenings in Vietnam between 1950 and 1975. He successfully reports the confusing nature‚ proximity to the present and the emotions that still surround the conflict in Vietnam. In his journey through the years that America was involved in the Vietnam conflict‚ Herring "seeks to integrate military‚ diplomatic
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Vietnam had a hard time facing foreign invasion which happened quite frequently. After World War I the French and Chinese had a large influence in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh was one Vietnamese who tried to stop that. He worked his way into creating an independent Vietnam and organized an army using guerrilla warfare. Minh went to war with the French and ended up winning and this helped create a free North and South Vietnam. South Vietnam had an uprising and a communist group called the Vietcong arose
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Gump The Vietnam War Through the Eyes of a Child In Winston Groom’s Forrest Gump‚ the main character‚ Forrest Gump is involved in the Vietnam War. In the novel‚ he is mentally challenged and he sees everything somewhat differently then another individual might. His point of view of the events of the Vietnam War are child-like and different then what most people would see. The Vietnam War was a very tragic war. The events took place from 1954-1975 (Brigham). The Second Indochina War resulted from
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The Vietnam war was a long‚ deadly and costly war that was fought to stop the spread of communism by the North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh. The War lasted around 20 years. The United states Participated in the war 17.4 years making it the one of the longest U.S war participations. To Begin With‚ Why did the Vietnam war start and why Did the United States get involved? In the early 1880s France conquered Vietnam and combined it with the neighboring countries Cambodia and Laos to create a colony
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In the course of the Vietnam War‚ there have been many different factors why the USA became increasingly involved. One reason included how they believed it would be a ‘simple’ war to fight and for that reason‚ they would have the ability to easily win plus the war would not continue on for too long. Additionally they desired to contain communism as they believed they might be capable to stop the growth of communism within Asia. In order to help retain communism‚ they believed in the ‘domino theory’
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The Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a strung-out‚ vicious‚ and costly war that went on between the communist government of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The Northern army was supported by Soviet Union‚ China‚ and other communist countries. The Southern army was supported by the United States of America‚ Australia‚ Thailand‚ and other anti-communist countries. During this time‚ the Cold War was also going on between the United States and the Soviet Union and just added on the intensity of the
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The Vietnam war is an incredibly controversial topic; some say America won‚ while others say that they lost. In this case‚ America took a major loss‚ they were never winning at any point. The reason the Americans officially lost the war is because they were unable to achieve their goal which was to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam. In fact‚ the exact opposite happened‚ after the American forces left South Vietnam in January of 1975‚ communism immediately overran it. Along with the reasoning
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In 1961 the worst war ever fought by America had just started. The Vietnamese of the north also known as the Viet Cong had invaded the south to take control of the entire country. America and other democratic countries felt the spread of communism to this country would be a stepping-stone for other communistic countries around the world‚ also known as the Domino Effect. America‚ as cocky as they were‚ invaded Vietnam to help the southern Vietnamese. Although America is one of the most powerful countries
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During the progress of the Vietnam War‚ multiple men served as President of the United States of America. However‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower‚ Lyndon B. Johnson‚ and Richard Nixon were the presidents that had the greatest impact. They created many policies that affected the outcome of the war. One of these presidents has even been blamed for causing the most hardships‚ which eventually resulted in the United States being involved in a war they could not win‚ but could not afford to lose. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
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