https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1 en-us 2022-04-27 19:03:34 UTC 2022-04-28 02:30:05 UTC hello@padlet.com hopemcdonald https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2160982315 The fear of communism was one of the leading causes for the Vietnam War. The United States feared that if Vietnam became a communist country, then all the surrounding countries would become communist. This being one of the main reason the US joined the war. The US wanted their political ideas around the globe. They wanted to make sure foreign countries knew that the United States was anti-communist. ]]> 2022-04-27 19:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2160982315 hopemcdonald https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2160998790 https://www.history.com/news/vietnam-war-origins-events#:~:text=The%20conflict%20in%20Vietnam%20took,into%20a%20Cold%20War%20confrontation.&text=Collection%2FGetty%20Images-,The%20conflict%20in%20Vietnam%20took%20root%20during%20an%20independence%20movement,into%20a%20Cold%20War%20confrontation. ]]> 2022-04-27 19:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2160998790 hopemcdonald https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161004242 Vietnam was divided during the Cold War and during the Cold War the US practiced a policy of containment. They faced threats from communist forces. President Eisenhower, put fourth the Domino Theory. The Domino Theory stated that if there were to be a communist victory in Vietnam, there would be a domino effect in southeast Asia. They tried to prevent these series of events from happen at all costs. ]]> 2022-04-27 19:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161004242 hopemcdonald https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161011158 Vietnam became a French colony in 1877, French lost control briefly during WW2 when Japanese took control of Vietnam. As Japan and France fought over Vietnam, an independence movement was forming under Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam’s independence from France on September 2, 1945, just hours after Japan’s surrender in WW2. When the French rejected his plan, the Viet Minh resorted to guerilla warfare to fight for an independent Vietnam.]]> 2022-04-27 19:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161011158 hopemcdonald https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161012559 The Geneva Accords were signed in July of 1954 and split Vietnam at the 17th parallel. North Vietnam would be ruled by Ho Chi Minh’s communist government and South Vietnam would be led by emperor Bao Dai.]]> 2022-04-27 19:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161012559 hopemcdonald https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161018615 Emperor Bao Dai was succeeded by Catholic nationalist Ngo Dinh Diem. His strong anti-communist stance was popular with the Americans who helped him rise to power. But Diem’s preferential treatment of the Catholic minority led to protests throughout South Vietnam. Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc set himself on fire in the middle of a busy Saigon intersection. Other monks began to immolate themselves in what became known as the “Buddhist crisis.” The United States lost confidence in Diem’s ability to lead.]]> 2022-04-27 19:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161018615 hopemcdonald https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161412675 What were some of the leading causes or events that led the US to involvement in Vietnam? 
Johnson’s anxieties about U.S. credibility, combined with political instability in Saigon, China’s resistance to negotiations, and Hanoi’s refusal to remove troops from South Vietnam and stop aiding the National Liberation Front led him to escalate the U.S. military presence in Vietnam from 1964 through 1967.]]> 2022-04-28 02:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161412675 hopemcdonald https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161413115 https://www.fpri.org/article/2017/04/united-states-went-war-vietnam/#:~:text=Johnson's%20anxieties%20about%20U.S.%20credibility,Vietnam%20from%201964%20through%201967. ]]> 2022-04-28 02:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hopemcdonald/v6mcnyvt4jugcbp1/wish/2161413115