https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5 DAY 1: Causes of the War: Colonialism, communism & American foreign policy en-us 2023-05-19 12:55:18 UTC 2023-05-19 14:52:47 UTC hello@padlet.com 804275 https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597704249 Vietnam was almost all controlled by France. This became one of France's most important colonies.]]> 2023-05-19 14:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597704249 804275 https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597704557 Ho Chi Minh led the campaign to make Vietnam independent. He was president of North Vietnam and is reflected as one of the most influential communist leaders. The studies of communism inspired Ho Chi Minh to bring it to Vietnam.]]> 2023-05-19 14:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597704557 804275 https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597705072 Viet Minh was the forces founded by Ho Chi Minh. They liberated many parts of north Vietnam as well as proclaimed the independence Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Guerrilla warfare was the tactic of warfare that the Viet Minh used. This tactic is mainly centered around ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military. This form of warfare is untraditional and very effective against the french.]]> 2023-05-19 14:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597705072 804275 https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597705704 The Truman Doctrine is a foreign policy of supporting democracy in other countries. The Truman Doctrine is the one of the reasons why the US got involved in Vietnam.]]> 2023-05-19 14:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597705704 804275 https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597706304 Dien Bien Phu was a battle in Laos Vietnam where the French lost tragically to the Viet Minh. This battle ended the French colonial presence in Vietnam.]]> 2023-05-19 14:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597706304 804275 https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597706593 Domino Theory that once one country becomes communist, then communism will spread to the surrounding countries. This proclamation of Domino Theory gives the US reasoning to intervene in the Vietnam War.]]> 2023-05-19 14:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597706593 804275 https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597707015 The Geneva Accords created two "regroupment" zones around the 17th parallel with a DMZ separating them. Meant to limit foreign involvement in the war. This brought an end to the First Indochina War and marked the end of French influence in Southeast Asia]]> 2023-05-19 14:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597707015 804275 https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597707513 Green Beret's are US special forces unit which taught the locals how to fight the guerrilla forces as well as helped fight them themselves. This event helped to slowly gave South Vietnam and the US more sources and increased their strength against the communist North.]]> 2023-05-19 14:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597707513 804275 https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597708308 The monk's immolation was meant as an act of defiance against the government. This event got President John F. Kennedy to reassess U.S. policy on Vietnam, which ended with the US increasing the number of troops in Vietnam.]]> 2023-05-19 14:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597708308 804275 https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597708823 The assassination shook the nation, mainly because it was aired on TV for the whole country to see. Kennedy's vice president Lyndon B. Johnson took over as president, in which he chose to further escalate the war in Vietnam.]]> 2023-05-19 14:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/804275/2xym18v6802abek5/wish/2597708823