Starter quiz
- What is the term for a country or territory controlled by another, more powerful country?
- 'colony' ✓
- Write the missing word. The Viet Minh were a nationalist and ______ organisation.
- 'communist' ✓
- How many French troops fought against the Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu?
- 1600
- 16 000 ✓
- 160 000
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- What was agreed at the 1954 Geneva Conference?
- Indochina would be divided into Laos, Thailand and Cambodia.
- Indochina would be divided into Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
- Indochina would be divided into Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. ✓
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- Why did the USA refuse to hold scheduled elections in South Vietnam?
- The US were concerned that the Viet Minh would gain power. ✓
- The US were concerned that the Soviets would stage a coup.
- The US were concerned that the French would regain control.
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Ho Chi Minh returned to Vietnam and created the Viet Minh
- 2⇔French forces were defeated at Dien Bien Phu
- 3⇔The Geneva Conference was held to decide on the fate of Indochina
- 4⇔Elections were scheduled to decide who would govern Vietnam
- 5⇔The US and South Vietnam refused to hold elections
Exit quiz
- The US feared that communism would spread from one Asian country to another. The theory of this effect was called the ______ theory.
- 'domino' ✓
- Match the following terms to their definitions.
- Viet Minh⇔organisation run by Ho Chi Minh ✓
- Vietcong⇔communist forces in South Vietnam ✓
- ARVN⇔anti-communist South Vietnamese army ✓
- Who was the leader of South Vietnam after 1954?
- Ho Chi Minh
- Ngo Dinh Diem ✓
- Nguyen Ngoc Tho
- Emperor Bao Dai
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- Why did the US support Ngo Dinh Diem?
- They knew he was a popular leader.
- They wanted him to keep Vietnam divided.
- They preferred an anti-communist leader in South Vietnam. ✓
- They knew he had a powerful arsenal of nuclear weapons.
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- How much did Eisenhower spend in the 1950s on supporting the ARVN?
- $1 billion
- $2 billion ✓
- $3 billion
- $4 billion
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔US began supporting anti-communist forces in Indochina
- 2⇔France withdrew from Indochina
- 3⇔President Eisenhower sent aid and militray advisors to South Vietnam
- 4⇔President Kennedy approved the use of chemical weapons in Vietnam
- 5⇔President Johnson began Operation Rolling Thunder
- 6⇔500 000 US troops were stationed in Vietnam
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Key learning points
- South Vietnam was supported by the USA.
- US involvement in Vietnam escalated between 1954 and 1968.
- North Vietnam was supported by the USSR and China.
- US prestige was damaged by the conflict.
Common misconception
US assistance to South Vietnam immediately included the deployment of American ground troops.
The US began supporting South Vietnam in 1954 but did not deploy US ground troops there until 1965.
Keywords
Prestige - the feeling of respect and admiration for a country, often because it is successful
Limited war - a conflict where those involved refuse to use their full strength or try to avoid it spreading into additional locations
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