https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg en-us 2023-05-23 05:44:57 UTC 2023-05-23 14:52:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 10233802 https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601165809 France makes Indochina a colony. The french colonized this area because it was looking for raw materials and cheap labor. ]]> 2023-05-23 05:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601165809 10233802 https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601171539 Ho Chi Minh studies communism in the Soviet Union. Ho Chi Minh was the president of Vietnam from 1945-1969. He was the leader of the vietnamese communist movement. ]]> 2023-05-23 05:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601171539 10233802 https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601766046 Viet Minh begins a guerrilla war against the French. A guerrilla war is a war fought by irregulars in small and fast actions against a military or police force. Viet Minh did this to kick the french out of Vietnam. ]]> 2023-05-23 13:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601766046 10233802 https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601802235 President Eisenhower proclaims the Domino Theory. The Domino Theory was a cold war theory that suggested that communist governments could take over neighboring countries with communism and all of the countries would fall like dominos. Eisenhower said this because he was afraid that communism would spread to the United States. ]]> 2023-05-23 14:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601802235 10233802 https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601809237 French were humiliated at Dien Bien Phu. Dien Bien Phu was a battle fought in Vietnam to end the rule of the French there. The French were humiliated after they fought with Vietnamese communists for 57 days. This war ended all French control in Indochina. ]]> 2023-05-23 14:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601809237 10233802 https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601815191 The Geneva Accords divided Vietnam in two. The Geneva Accords was a conference that was held in Switzerland to settle issues resulting from the Indochina and Korean War. The Accords created two regroupment zones and restricted foreign military personnel in Southeast Asia. ]]> 2023-05-23 14:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601815191 10233802 https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601820860 The Truman Doctrine is issued. The Truman Doctrine established that the US would give all countries political, military and economic help if they were under threat from internal and external authoritarian forces. This was created to prevent the expansion of communism. ]]> 2023-05-23 14:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601820860 10233802 https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601826651 President John Kennedy sends helicopters and 400 Green Berets to South Vietnam. Green Berets are special military forces that quietly conduct guerrilla style missions. He did this to fight the guerrilla wars that were happening and to support them against the Viet cong. ]]> 2023-05-23 14:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601826651 10233802 https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601829762 a 73 year old monk immolates himself while sitting at a major city intersection in protest. He did this to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government. ]]> 2023-05-23 14:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601829762 10233802 https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601833777 President Kennedy is assassinated. Some historians say that things would not escalate in Vietnam and claimed many american lives if he hadn't died. ]]> 2023-05-23 14:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/10233802/t4y6mjsav0pqtmwg/wish/2601833777