PART I--VIETNAM...the beginning/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
 I. America gradually became involved in Vietnam
    A. Ho Chi Minh sought Vietnamese independence
        1. Ho Chi Minh-Nationalist leader who was communist educated and determined...

            a. Vietminh-Ho Chi Minh's organization that received substantial aid from...

            b. He originally asked the U.S. for help but was denied because his country...

        2. Dien Bien Phu-12,000 French forces are surrounded by Vietminh forces here.
            a. French forces ask for U.S. aid and some members of the Eisenhower administration
                urge...

            b. Domino Theory-Eisenhower spoke out about the importance of maintaining a free
                Vietnam. If Vietnam fell to communism,...
            c. In the end Eisenhower refused to intervene to save the French and Dien Bien Phu...

        3. Geneva Accords-Conference that established a temporary division of Vietnam along the
            _______________________. Ho Chi Minh would govern  
           communist_________________, and anti-communist leaders would govern
           _______________________.
   B. South Vietnam established a pro-American government
        1. French withdrew, U.S. establishes larger role--______________________________--
            did not want __________________. Elections in Vietnam would be won by Vietminh and
            communist government would legally control all of Vietnam.
        2. Ngo Dinh Diem-South Vietnam leader who, along with assurances of military support
            from the U.S. sought to consolidate his....

        3. N. Vietnamese government of Ho Chi Minh was based in ______________ and refused to
            accept the.....
    C. Diem asked for American aid
         1. Civil War launched in South, supplies came...
             North Vietnam organizes the_______________________________ (Vietcong).
         2. Eisenhower's administration sent additional weapons and...

        3. At the beginning of the Kennedy administration, the U.S. responded to deteriorating
            conditions in Vietnam by...
        4. Major religious crisis occurs when Diem institutes harsh policies toward______________.
            Many...
        5. U.S. realizes war cannot be won as long as Diem is.....
        6. November 1963, a military coupe seizes control of the government and executed Diem.
            An unstable military regime took control...

        7. Kennedy was shocked and angered by the execution but before he...

 

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