https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu 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 2022-04-25 03:19:31 UTC 2022-06-01 08:25:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Webbhumanities https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155834999 2022-04-25 03:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155834999 Webbhumanities https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155835000 Missle Crisis]]> 2022-04-25 03:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155835000 Webbhumanities https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155835001 2022-04-25 03:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155835001 Webbhumanities https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155835002 2022-04-25 03:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155835002 Webbhumanities https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155835003 2022-04-25 03:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155835003 Webbhumanities https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155835004

1858: The French colonial empire occupied and seized Vietnam with a bloody invasion of port of Da Nang

Over the course of 50 years, the French took claim over territories that would later be called Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (they named it “French IndoChina”)

French set up a series of puppet emperors and employed French-speaking Vietnamese officials

French lived on plantation estates and in cities like Saigon in which they built structures inspired by French architecture 

French put citizens to work building roads, canals, railroads, bridges and farms to mass produce crops like rice and rubber

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Ho Chi Minh was born in 1890  to Vietnamese official in the French Regime. He received a French education. After participating in an anti-french demonstration he was expelled from school. He left Vietnam in 1911 and lived in exile for 30 years. 

By early 20^th century, Vietnamese nationalism was on the rise because the people weren’t happy with French rule and the French colonial government harshly punished those who resisted the empire

After WWI he tried to deliver a petition for Vietnamese independence to Woodrow Wilson that outlined plans for independence but it was never delivered to President Woodrow Wilson

Minh became founded Vietnamese nationalist group fighting for independence called VIET MINH

He had many aliases and traveled to many European counties. He spent time with French socialists, Chinese communists, and lived in NYC as a baker. 

1941: Ho snuck back into Vietnam and called for Vietnamese independence. He gained support from locals and founded the Viet Minh, a North Vietnamese counter-insurgency military

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World leaders from 9 nations meet in Geneva, France to decide the political future of Asia – talks lasted for two months

Nations and Ho Chi Minh decided on an agreement – Vietnam would be split by a demilitarized zone called the “17^th parallel” and the territory was divided into North and South Vietnam until an election was held that would help reunify the two halves

An election that would unify the two halves wouldn’t happen for another 20 years...

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During WW2, French colony Vietnam occupied by Japan until March 1945

After the Japanese surrender, the Viet Minh, a communist organization led by Hồ Chí Minh, declared Vietnamese independence

French regains control over Vietnam after Japanese defeated by Allies 

French send more army troops to South Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh’s resistance army in North Vietnam fights back!

An independence war, known as the First Indochina War, broke out in late 1946 between French and Viet Minh forces

The United States had been supporting the French out of concern that a victory for Ho’s forces would be the first step in communist expansion throughout Southeast Asia

The French eventually surrendered after massive casualities (1946-1954)

]]> 2022-04-25 03:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2155835012 Webbhumanities https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2157541979 The French occupation made this region into a capitalist opportunity. The construction of infrastructure enabled the mass production of goods like rice and rubber. With the rise of Ho Chi Minh, the possibility of protecting this capitalist entity would surely be in danger. ]]> 2022-04-26 00:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2157541979 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158835435 NOVEMBER 22, 1963]]> 2022-04-26 16:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158835435 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158835787 2022-04-26 16:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158835787 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158835806

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam.

Congress after an alleged attack on two U.S. naval destroyers stationed off the coast of Vietnam. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution effectively launched America’s full-scale involvement in the Vietnam War.

According to the U.S. Navy, both Maddox and Turner Joy reported being fired upon by North Vietnamese patrol boats, but later doubts surrounding the veracity of the second attack, on Turner Joy, emerged.

]]> 2022-04-26 16:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158835806 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158836616 2022-04-26 16:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158836616 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158839314 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident lasted for two days. From August 2, 1964, till August 4, 1964]]> 2022-04-26 16:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158839314 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158839747 Dallas, Texas]]> 2022-04-26 16:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158839747 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158840724 Ngo Dinh Diem (3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963), final prime minister of the State of Vietnam, president of South Vietnam until his assassination in 1963.]]> 2022-04-26 16:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158840724 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158841009 President John F. Kennedy, under the suggestion of his political advising group, headed to the west, where he informally began his presidential campaign for re-election. Before arriving in Dallas, Texas, President Kennedy had already traveled to nine other states to deliver his speeches, in which he emphasized on natural resources and conservation efforts, education, national security, and world peace.]]> 2022-04-26 16:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158841009 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158841488 Education, world peace, national security]]> 2022-04-26 16:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158841488 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158842470

By 1964, Vietnam was embroiled in a decades-long civil war, and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was the beginning of the United States’ formal involvement in the Vietnam War, with the stated goal of stopping the spread of communism in the region.

]]> 2022-04-26 16:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158842470 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158843097 This event gave the U.S. .direct justification to attack Vietnam as a self-defense move]]> 2022-04-26 16:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158843097 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158843847 October 1962
Lasted for 13 Days]]> 2022-04-26 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158843847 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158847152 https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Incident
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/gulf-of-tonkin-resolution-1]]> 2022-04-26 16:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158847152 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158849230 The United States
Soviet Union]]> 2022-04-26 16:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158849230 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158852590 After the idea of "containment" was adapted into use, the "domino theory" which predicts that if one country fell to communism, other nearby countries would fall as well truly shocked many Americans. In response to this, the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) was formed in 1955 to deal with this threat. President Eisenhower sent 700 military personnel to Vietnam including military and economic aid. In May 1961, JFK 500 more special force troops and many military advisors to support the western government in Vietnam. By 1962, there were approximately 11,000 military advisors in South Vietnam

From 1961-to 1963, JFK sent more aid and support to Vietnam's pro-democracy government. He established the MACV (Military Assistant Command, Vietnam) to report the progress of the war back home. The uneasy news of how effective the Saigon military and the health of the south Vietnamese began to appear in American Media. The deaths of 3 US servicemen and the downing of 5 helicopters prompted Kennedy to find out more about what was going on in Vietnam.

The Kennedy Commitment | Miller Center
JFK and Vietnam: The September 1963 TV Interviews | JFK Library]]> 2022-04-26 16:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158852590 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158856054 By Emperor Bao's request, Diem began serving as the prime minister of South Vietnam in 1954. In the year following, he became the president of South Vietnam, dethroning Emperor Bai in a referendum. Ignoring the 1954 Geneva Accords' call for a free election to instill a national Vietnamese government, Diem created an autocratic government in South Vietnam. With the hemp of the US government, he successfully settled hundreds of thousands of refugees from North Vietnam. Diem also imprisoned and killed people who opposed his regime insisting that they were rebels and supported communism. Diem's strict regime alienated South Vietnam, the US eventually moving to withdraw its support for the leader.]]> 2022-04-26 16:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158856054 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158859915 Soviet Union installed nuclear weapons in Cuba, which is only about 90 miles from the coastline of the United States. When the United States realized the existence of the missiles, President Kennedy notified the whole country about the nuclear weapons. The United States immediately created naval blockage around Cuba.]]> 2022-04-26 16:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158859915 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158863140 The United States initial support of Diem was revoked after his strict regime devolved into an autocracy in an isolated South Vietnam. The United States would justify their involvement by citing human rights violations and discrimination against Buddhists, as well as Diem's rejection of the Geneva Accords' proposition calling for free elections to be held in order to establish a national government—a complete rejection of democracy and all that the United States stands for.]]> 2022-04-26 16:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158863140 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158863143 2022-04-26 16:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158863143 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158863230 In 1963, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) launched a coup against Diem's regime in South Vietnam. The coup was the culmination of nine years of autocratic and nepotistic family rule in the country. Diem and his brother were both executed. The US met with the general that started the coup and stated non-intervention.]]> 2022-04-26 16:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158863230 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158864141

In 1954, following the defeat of the French colonialists at the hands of the Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu, the last battle of the First Indochina War, the country of Vietnam was divided into northern and southern halves, ruled by separate regimes, during the Geneva Conference.

by 1959, the communist guerrillas known as the Viet Cong and the Viet Minh (the Northern Vietnamese military) had launched an insurgency in Diem’s country. This insurgency marked the beginning of the Second Indochina War.

]]> 2022-04-26 16:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158864141 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158869008 After 13 days of intense standoff, the United States finally created a compromise with the Soviet Union. Soviet Union agreed to remove the nuclear weapon from Cuba and America needs to promise not to launch an attack on Cuba and remove the missiles form Turkey. This event greatly enhanced the tension between the United States and Communist Countries. Thus, later when communist spread to Vietnam, United States tried their best to stop the influence of Communism in Vietnam.]]> 2022-04-26 16:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158869008 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158877856 Due to the relatively close position of Cuba to the US, intercontinental missiles could easily reach major cities in the US. The US sees the positioning of missiles in Cuba as an act of war with Russia. ]]> 2022-04-26 16:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158877856 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158886412 President JFK's decision of US involvement in Vietnam was justified by the country's fear of communism. In 1961, JFK was convinced that Communist China was actively supporting North Vietnam. Fearing Communist domination in South-East Asia, JFK approved a US military campaign in Vietnam that supported the nationalist government, while sending more troops to Vietnam.
In addition, maintaining America's economic and political interest in regions of South-East Asia became another justification for JFK's involvement. ]]> 2022-04-26 16:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158886412 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158889638 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ngo-Dinh-Diem
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ngo-dinh-diem-assassinated-in-south-vietnam]]> 2022-04-26 16:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158889638 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158899379 Our justification is the US's involvement in the Vietnam war is one of self-defense. Lee Harvey Oswald was the man who shot JFK and when interrogated, he was found to be a communist sympathizer. The fact that communist has already reached US soil could have only intensify the Vietnam war.]]> 2022-04-26 16:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/ofvydr46nphvn5lu/wish/2158899379