https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v And they all go tumbling down en-us 2016-12-08 21:58:37 UTC 2026-02-19 10:41:28 UTC hello@padlet.com emma_miller3 https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142695763 It was the view that the communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism, like a row of dominoes.]]> 2016-12-08 22:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142695763 emma_miller3 https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142696459 He was determined to unite Vietnam under communist rule. He continued to aid the National Liberation Front, or Viet Cong, the communist rebels trying to overthrow South Vietnam's government.He led hos people against French control and then later against the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government.]]> 2016-12-08 22:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142696459 emma_miller3 https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142697333 At First, the United States sent only supplies and military advisors to South Vietnam. Later, it sent thousands of troops, turning a local struggle into a major cold war conflict.]]> 2016-12-08 22:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142697333 emma_miller3 https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142917374 The Americans went to bomb North Korea. They told them that they would stop bombing them if they agreed to go to the Paris Peace Treaty talks. And they eventually come back to Paris talks and America stopped bombing them once they did.]]> 2016-12-09 21:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142917374 emma_miller3 https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142918409 On August 1, 1964, South Vietnamese commandos conducted raids on on North Vietnamese islands in the Gulf of Tonkin. The next day, the North Vietnamese attacked on a nearby U.S. Navy destroyer which they mistakenly believed had assisted the South Vietnamese raids. A couple days later they believed they were being attacked once again but it was a malfunction of the systems.]]> 2016-12-09 21:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142918409 emma_miller3 https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142919038 U.S President Johnson reported to the attacks to Congress without mentioning the South Vietnamese raids or the doubts about the second attack. Believing that the attacks had been unprovoked, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7, 1964. The resolution authorized the president to take all necessary measures to prevent further aggression in Southeast Asia.]]> 2016-12-09 21:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142919038 emma_miller3 https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142920076 During the Vietnam ear, the young American men were required to register for the military draft. Men were then selected for the draft in a random lottery. Many saw fighting for their country as their patriotic duty. Some men, however, to avoid being drafted, left the country and sought refuge in other nations not involved in the war.]]> 2016-12-09 22:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142920076 emma_miller3 https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142920467 After the resolution passed, the United States began bombing targets in North Vietnam. Eventually, more than 500,000 American troops were committed to the war. At the same time, both the Soviet Union and China sent aid, but not troops, to help North Vietnam.]]> 2016-12-09 22:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142920467 emma_miller3 https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142921036 There was a struggle between French colonial forces and native Vietnamese citizens supported by by Chinese communists, which was a root cause of the Vietnam War. United States forces entered the conflict in support if the French in order to fight communism. When the French left, U.S fought alone.]]> 2016-12-09 22:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142921036 emma_miller3 https://padlet.com/emma_miller3/ui9lx5pl3z8v/wish/142921791 The domino theory held that, if one country fell to communism, it would cause other neighboring countries to fall as well, just as the fall of one domino can topple a line of dominos set up for that purpose. The US got involved in Vietnam because of these fears.

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