France once had power of Vietnam, but during WWII Japan took control. The leader of Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh. He helped create the indochinese communist party in 1930. He goal was to win Vietnam's independence from foreign rule. On September 2nd, 1945 Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam and independent nation. France did not want to give up control of Vietnam but they gained back southern Vietnam.
When the U.S. joined the Korean war they spent 1 billion dollars supplying aid to France.
The Geneva Accords temporally divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel. Communists controlled the Northern part of Vietnam. Anti-communists and nationalists controlled the Southern part of Vietnam. It theocratically ended the war. It had 27 articles describing how everything should be dealt with in Vietnam.
The leader of the Communistic North was Ho Chi Minh. The leader of South Vietnam was Ngo Dihn Diem. Ngo Fihn Diem was Catholic but most of the population was Buddhist, he restricted Buddhist practices. This caused many Southern Vietnamese citizens to be angry. He also ushered a corrupt government and suppressed opposition of any kind.
The vietcong was a communist opposition group that formed in Southern Vietnam. There goal was to kill thousands of government officials. Ngo Dihn Diem supported the Vietcong. On November 1st, 1963, a group of Southern Vietnamese generals had Ngo Dihn Diem assassinated, but the United States supported this action.
The incident at the Gulf of Tonkin brought the U.S. into the war. North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked two U.S. destroyers. The resolution of this event was that congress granted President Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam. By the end of 1965 more than 185,000 soldiers U.S. soldiers were in combat on Vietnamese soil. Half a million U.S. troops were stationed in Vietnam by the end of 1967.
The Vietcong used the element of surprise and after they attacked they would run away in tunnels they made for escape routes. The Americans used napalm to burn down jungles to expose these tunnels. When President Richard Nixon came to office in 1968 he created a policy of "Vietnamization". He was slowly taking U.S. troops out of the war which gave South Vietnam the bulk of the fighting. The last U.S. soldiers left Vietnam in 1973. On April 30th, 1975, the North Vietnamese captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, which caused the Vietnam war to end.
When the U.S. joined the Korean war they spent 1 billion dollars supplying aid to France.
The Geneva Accords temporally divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel. Communists controlled the Northern part of Vietnam. Anti-communists and nationalists controlled the Southern part of Vietnam. It theocratically ended the war. It had 27 articles describing how everything should be dealt with in Vietnam.
The leader of the Communistic North was Ho Chi Minh. The leader of South Vietnam was Ngo Dihn Diem. Ngo Fihn Diem was Catholic but most of the population was Buddhist, he restricted Buddhist practices. This caused many Southern Vietnamese citizens to be angry. He also ushered a corrupt government and suppressed opposition of any kind.
The vietcong was a communist opposition group that formed in Southern Vietnam. There goal was to kill thousands of government officials. Ngo Dihn Diem supported the Vietcong. On November 1st, 1963, a group of Southern Vietnamese generals had Ngo Dihn Diem assassinated, but the United States supported this action.
The incident at the Gulf of Tonkin brought the U.S. into the war. North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked two U.S. destroyers. The resolution of this event was that congress granted President Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam. By the end of 1965 more than 185,000 soldiers U.S. soldiers were in combat on Vietnamese soil. Half a million U.S. troops were stationed in Vietnam by the end of 1967.
The Vietcong used the element of surprise and after they attacked they would run away in tunnels they made for escape routes. The Americans used napalm to burn down jungles to expose these tunnels. When President Richard Nixon came to office in 1968 he created a policy of "Vietnamization". He was slowly taking U.S. troops out of the war which gave South Vietnam the bulk of the fighting. The last U.S. soldiers left Vietnam in 1973. On April 30th, 1975, the North Vietnamese captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, which caused the Vietnam war to end.
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Webquest questions:
1. About how many U.S. troops were in Vietnam?
2. What year did the U.S. start aiding South Vietnam?
3. On July 2nd, 1976, what happened to North and South Vietnam?
4. What was operation “Bear Chain”?
5. What is the M60?
6.What was the heaviest tank used in Vietnam?
7.What gun replaced the M14?
8. What division was the soldier from that received three purple hearts?
9. What was considered the bitterest fighting of the Vietnam war?
10. What era of music was in during the Vietnam war?
11. What did most soldiers want?
12. What was often used to express troops feelings?
13. What happens on October 5th, 1963?
14. Why did the U.S. want to engage the Vietcong?
15. Where were the troops remains flown to be identified?
16. Who was treated with disrespect at the end of the Vietnam war?
1. About how many U.S. troops were in Vietnam?
2. What year did the U.S. start aiding South Vietnam?
3. On July 2nd, 1976, what happened to North and South Vietnam?
4. What was operation “Bear Chain”?
5. What is the M60?
6.What was the heaviest tank used in Vietnam?
7.What gun replaced the M14?
8. What division was the soldier from that received three purple hearts?
9. What was considered the bitterest fighting of the Vietnam war?
10. What era of music was in during the Vietnam war?
11. What did most soldiers want?
12. What was often used to express troops feelings?
13. What happens on October 5th, 1963?
14. Why did the U.S. want to engage the Vietcong?
15. Where were the troops remains flown to be identified?
16. Who was treated with disrespect at the end of the Vietnam war?