4/5 Vietnam Research Scrapbook by Jenna Siepker https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61 Add and link your information you find. INCLUDE YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION AS THE TITLE en-us 2021-03-23 14:24:28 UTC 2025-11-17 22:57:44 UTC hello@padlet.com What caused the Vietnam War? jsiepker https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344003972 "The USA became involved in Vietnam because it feared the spread of communism."]]> 2021-03-23 16:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344003972 Why did they fight in Vietnam and what were they fighting for? pfeiffer26643 https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344071717 “The U.S. entered the Vietnam War in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism”
“The United States got involved to prevent South Vietnam from falling into communist hands.”]]> 2021-03-23 16:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344071717 How long was the Vietnam war https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344071920 “The war, considered a Cold War-era proxy war by some, lasted 19 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973, and included the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.”]]> 2021-03-23 16:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344071920 Did citizens try to escape Vietnam? Where did they go? https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344072923 “Near the end of the Vietnam War, people in South Vietnam began to flee due to the rise of communism in Vietnam. Many of the people who left fled on boats, and they are referred to as the Vietnamese Boat People. A majority of them were rescued and resettled into developing countries, mostly into the United States.”]]> 2021-03-23 16:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344072923 Where in Vietnam did the Vietnam War take place? clevenger26503 https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344072924 “As its name says, the Vietnam War took place mainly in Vietnam, the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.“ “However, as the war went on, it expanded to the North and even to Cambodia and Laos who shared their eastern borders with Vietnam.”]]> 2021-03-23 16:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344072924 Were any other countries involved? https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344074493 “
  • France.
  • United States.
  • China.
  • Soviet Union.
  • Laos.
  • Cambodia.
  • South Korea and Other U.S. Allies.
  • Vietnam.”      
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-Eli
]]> 2021-03-23 16:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344074493 Who won? https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344074785 No one did ]]> 2021-03-23 16:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344074785 Which countries were involved during the Vietnam war tanui260211 https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344077375 “that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. Called the “American War” in Vietnam (or, in full, the “War Against the Americans to Save the Nation”), the war was also part of a larger regional conflict (see Indochina wars) and a manifestationof the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies.”]]> 2021-03-23 17:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344077375 Why did the war take so long? robinson26474 https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344078292 “It took 19 Years, the Americans didn’t want communism to spread so they did everything they could to keep it where it was.]]> 2021-03-23 17:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344078292 Why did they create and use the draft for Vietnam war? wales260305 https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344081943 “From 1940 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the United States Armed Forces that could not be filled through voluntary means.“]]> 2021-03-23 17:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344081943 When did the US get involved in the war? https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344083998 “March 1965: President Johnson launches a three-year campaign of sustained bombing of targets in North Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Operation Rolling Thunder. The same month, U.S. Marines land on beaches near Da Nang, South Vietnam as the first American combat troops to enter Vietnam.” https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-timeline ]]> 2021-03-23 17:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344083998 Why was the United States involved https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344088890 2021-03-23 17:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344088890 When did the Vietnam war start, and why? thattankandy26734 https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344103634 “In general, historians have identified several different causes of the Vietnam War, including: the spread of communism during the Cold War, American containment, and European imperialism in Vietnam.”]]> 2021-03-23 17:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344103634 Who was on what side in Vietnam war robinson26474 https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344134258 “It was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China and North Korea, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.”]]> 2021-03-23 17:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jsiepker/xlpbdyr580y1vz61/wish/1344134258