https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49 On your Wikipedia page, you must include the following: 1.) Important dates, events, or, people 2.) Relevant Causes and Effects of your assigned topic on involvement in Vietnam 3.) At least one visual source (image, video, map or chart) relevant to your event. 4.) Come up with ONE way the U.S. could use this event to justify their involvement in Vietnam. 5.) Links to any sources you consulted! en-us 2023-03-31 18:18:08 UTC 2023-04-20 16:49:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562140433 -->On November 22nd, 1963, the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy was assassinated while on a motorcade around Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Initial suspicion blamed the Communist Union and Communist Cuba for the assassination, stating it was a Communist plot to remove Kennedy. Kennedy had taken a firm stance against Communism with policies such as Military Assistance Command. He focused heavily on fortifying the United States Military in the event of warfare breaking out. Additionally, the timing of the assassination, especially with regard to the Cuban Missile Crisis and the increasing threat of North Vietnam bolstered fear of Communist influence, which would make the US involvement in Vietnam even more impassioned. Kennedy himself had made moves to get the United States involved in the situation in Vietnam, sending troops to S. V. to help them fight against North Vietnam. The assassination inspired fear in the United States which made people more inclined to join the war and stop the spread of Communism.
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-->https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-cold-wa ]]> 2023-04-20 16:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562140433 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562143959 1. Important dates, events, or, people
-  Became a Vietnamese Politician who served as president in South Vietnam 1955 - Assassinated in 1963
- 3 weeks after he was killed JFK was assassinated
- 1963 --> b/c of Diem's "preference" for Catholicism, Buddhists were upset b/c they were being killed by govt. 
- Before he was killed US w/ drew their support for Diem
2. Relevant Causes and Effects of your assigned topic on involvement in Vietnam
- Refused to carry out the Geneva Accords --> Political chaos in the South 
- His Assassination --> caused celebration but also political chaos --> US becomes more involved attempting to stabilize Vietnamese govt. 
3. At LEAST one visual source (image, video, map or chart) relevant to your event

4. Come up with ONE way the U.S. could use this event to justify their involvement in Vietnam
- U.S. felt they were stabilizing the Vietnamese govt. after political chaos was on the rise.
5. Links to any sources you consulted!
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ngo-dinh-diem-assassinated-in-south-vietnam
-https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ngo-Dinh]]> 2023-04-20 16:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562143959 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562144196 The Gulf of Tonkin was an event during the Vietnam War involving a naval incident that pushed the U.S. to further involve itself in the North Vs. South Vietnam conflict occurred on August 2nd, 1964. Due to the incident’s occurrence and attack on the American Navy ship the Maddox from North Vietnamese torpedos on the Gulf of Tonkin, the U.S.’s further push and escalate into military involvement with the Vietnam War was justified. The Gulf of Tonkin was an unprovoked attack led by Vietnam, which led the US government to escalate US military involvement later. 

Sources:
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2008/february/truth-about-tonkin
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/gulf-of-tonkin#:~:text=Congress%20supported%20the%20resolution%20with,of%20the%20conflict%20in%20Vietnam.
https://www.britannica.com/video/215760/History-Gulf-Tonkin-incident#:~:text=This%20prompted%20Congress%20to%20pass,getting%20directly%20involved%20in%20Vietnam.

]]> 2023-04-20 16:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562144196 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562144343 Policies: 
1. February 8, 1962, Kennedy established Military Assistance Command (joint service command of the US military in Vietnam), increased military advisory personnel (12,000 at the end of 1962), Operation Ranch Hand (the use of chemical defoliants sprayed from helicopters to destroy food and hiding places.
2. Caused by American fear, JFK was a Catholic who hated atheist communism
4. Facilitating containment idea

https://rgshistory.com/us-policy-in-vietnam-under-kennedy-1961-3/ 
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/educational-resources/kennedy-commitment]]> 2023-04-20 16:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562144343 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562145928 2. The Cuban Missile Crisis is caused by the US's discovery of ballistic missiles installed in Cuba by the Soviet Union. With the dangerous proximity between the US and Cuba, the US felt threatened and tried to remove the missles from Cuba. The conflict almost led to nuclear warfare but thankfully eveything came to an end with the Soviet Union giving in. The missiles were removed under promises made between the US and the Soviet. And this eventually led to the downfall of Soviet Union's leader Khrushchev.
 ]]> 2023-04-20 16:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562145928 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562149206 4.) In October 1962, the tension between US and USSR was heightened by the USSR's installation of ballistic missiles in Cuba. Both sides were on the brink of nuclear war. Although Khrushchev and Kennedy eventually reached a compromise, the US could justify its intervention in Vietnam by saying that it is trying to prevent a worldwide nuclear war, since it is the only power strong enough to stand against the Soviet Union in similar situations of tension.

https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis
https://www.britannica.com/technology/missile]]> 2023-04-20 16:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/j8kvsvrlyukeji49/wish/2562149206