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- 1. Vietnam War
- 2. How did it begin? US strategy of containment which aimed to prevent the spread of Communism throughout the world.
- 3. SOUTH EAST ASIA TREATY ORGANISATION World Power Bloc Against Communism States of Indochina were ensured defense by SEATO nations in the event of communism invasion.
- 4. What were the results of the conflict? U.S. left the war North and South Vietnam United 1.1 million military deaths in the North 230,000 military deaths in the south 58,000 American soldiers killed and 2000 went missing Vietnam became a communist country
- 5. INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS THAT PLAYED A ROLE United Nations South East Asia Treaty Organisation
- 6. WHO WERE THE KEY PEOPLE IN THE CONFLICT? Ho Chi Minh Boa Dai Lyndon B. Johnson Ngo Dinh Diem
- 7. WHAT ROLE DID THE USA AND THE USSR PLAY? USA Helped South Vietnam Big role Provided Many Things
- 8. USSR Helped North Vietnam Provided technical advisors, information and moral support. The leader was removed and a new one was appointed
- 9. HOW DOES THE CONFLICT AFFECT TODAYS WORLD? U.S. air force dropped 8 million tons of bomb in North Vietnam The U.S. used 20 million gallons of herbicides in South Vietnam About 1,034,300 hectors of a forest was destroyed One of the major herbicides used left a serious impact on the humans and environment in Vietnam
- 10. INDOCHINA WAR Series of war
- 11. WHY DID U.S. INVOLMENT INCREASE AFTER 1964? North Vietnam attacked the U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson asked congress if they could increase military presence in Indochina Congress Authorized Johnson to retaliate
- 12. Domino Theory Threat of communism increased in countries outside Europe U.S. were worried about the spread of communism through all of South East Asia if communism took over South Vietnam U.S. introduced a theory called the domino theory.
- 13. EFFECTS OF THE VIETNAM WAR ON VIETNAM The north Vietnamese slaughtered the South Vietnamese once the Americans left The Vietnamese had to fight against Cambodia and China before they got their independence Vietnam was ruined
- 14. April 30, 1975: North Vietnamese tank rolls through the gate of the Presidential Palace in Saigon, signifying the fall of South Vietnam
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