https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7 en-us 2021-02-25 14:54:12 UTC 2021-04-30 15:44:19 UTC hello@padlet.com chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1241423869 Diem gained control of Bao Dia's most important ministry in his  cabinet and then resigned three months later when the French refused to listen to his more progressive ideas. ]]> 2021-02-25 15:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1241423869 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1241450577 The Japanese assumed control of Vietnam and they offered Diem the premiership of a puppet regime under Bao Dai but Diem turned it down and later regretted it. ]]> 2021-02-25 15:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1241450577 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1241466314 Ho Chi Minh offered Diem a high position job (same one he held under Bao Dia) in order to gain support from the Catholic people in Vietnam, but Diem turned down the position because Ho had kidnapped him and killed his brother + nephew and he did not like his politics. ]]> 2021-02-25 15:13:20 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1241466314 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1258743931 The US interviewed Diem for the position of emperor. He used this interview to manipulate the US and untimely, as a result of this and his Catholic faith, gained a a great deal of support in Washington. ]]> 2021-03-02 15:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1258743931 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1258770554 After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, Bao Dai gave the position of premier (like prime minister) to Diem in order to gain the support of the US since they had just lost the support of France. In this position, Diem had full control over South Vietnamese government, military, and economy. ]]> 2021-03-02 15:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1258770554 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1273943680 Truce was signed at the Geneva Conference and the country was split into South and North Vietnam. Diem's side/French side was South Vietnam and the Viet Minh side was North Vietnam. ]]> 2021-03-05 15:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1273943680 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1273999180 By this date, over 200,000 Catholic refugees came from North to South Vietnam. This was in large part because a major leader in South Vietnam was Diem, a devout Catholic. ]]> 2021-03-05 15:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1273999180 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1293316653 South Vietnam staged the referendum in which Diem was guaranteed to win because of voter suppression, propaganda, stuffing ballot boxes, and by the outlawing of campaigning for other candidates. Diem won with 98.2 percent of the vote because of these tactics. ]]> 2021-03-10 15:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1293316653 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1293362150 In order to convince North Vietnamese people to come to South Vietnam, the US underwent a large propaganda effort. This was in order to make it would appear to the rest of the world that South Vietnam, and therefore the South Vietnamese government and its international backers, were preferred over North Vietnam by Vietnamese people and that they were the morally right side of the war]]> 2021-03-10 15:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1293362150 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1348033969 Diem escalated the Anti-Communist Denunciation Campaign by issuing Ordinance No. 6. This ordinance removed almost all restrictions on officials combating political opponents, meaning anybody viewed as an enemy of the state could be jailed or put under house arrest. This led to the loss of support from many lower class citizens in South Vietnam. ]]> 2021-03-24 14:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1348033969 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1348058966 Diem refused to hold the1956 all-Vietnam elections that were scheduled at the Geneva Convention in 1954 because he claimed that, given that he did not agree with the results of the convention or sign the accords, he was not required to. ]]> 2021-03-24 14:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1348058966 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1395941691 Diem declared that landlords could collect no more than 25 percent of a farmer's crop, which meant that landlords could no longer exploit tenants to the extent that they had been. ]]> 2021-04-08 14:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1395941691 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1395952459 Diem established the Commercial Import Program (CIP), where the United States invested large amounts of money into South Vietnam. The money, rather than benefiting all Vietnamese equally, was spend largely in the military and urban areas. ]]> 2021-04-08 14:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1395952459 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1411971950 South Vietnam held elections for the National Assembly. Voter suppression and fraud played a huge role in determining winners. ]]> 2021-04-13 13:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1411971950 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1442599569 Buddhist monks protested Diem policies for a week when, on this day, Diem sent government troops to attack protestors. ]]> 2021-04-21 13:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1442599569 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1442616796 A Buddhist monk publicly set himself on fire to protest the Diem regime. Madame Nhu made an incredibly inappropriate public comment about this demonstration, and as a result, the Diem regime looses external American support and internal Buddhist support. ]]> 2021-04-21 13:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1442616796 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1459574614 A coup was conspired between the United States and ARVN at around the same time that the treaty between South and North Vietnam was rejected because Diem was worried he would not hold on to power with it. ]]> 2021-04-26 13:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1459574614 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1478626343 French reinvade Vietnam and Franco-Vietmin war begins. ]]> 2021-04-30 15:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1478626343 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1478634321 The US takes an interest in Asia because of the outbreak of the Korean War. They want to align themselves with anti-communist countries to stop the spread of communism. ]]> 2021-04-30 15:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1478634321 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1478640479 Viet Minh are winning the war because of the their tactics (including guerrilla warfare) despite the other side, France, having more resources]]> 2021-04-30 15:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1478640479 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1478656080 Kan Lao employees controlled the administration of South Vietnam. ]]> 2021-04-30 15:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1478656080 chloedergarabedian https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1478752947 Diem creates the agrovilles campaign. The idea was to put peasants in heavily defended towns to protect them from communism and improve quality of life. However, he forced peasants to move from their homelands in order to live in these agrovilles and to build them themselves (without pay). ]]> 2021-04-30 15:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/chloedergarabedian/ozmmg6xh967hvfx7/wish/1478752947