Chapter 22 Section 1 Moving Toward Conflict p. 730
1. What country controlled Inodochina: starting in the late 1800s?
What country controlled Inodochina briefly during WW 11(1940-45)?
2. What was the goal of the Vietminh?
3. Who declared Vietnam’s independence at the end of WW II?
4. Why did the U.S., starting in 1950 under Truman, begin pumping huge amounts of money toward the French effort to
defeat Ho Chi Minh?
5. In 1954, President ________________________ described his concern over the spread of communism in his
____________________ theory, which he believed applied to nations in the region of Indochina.
6. Despite massive U.S. aid, the French were forced to surrender to the Vietminh in May, 1954 at ________________
(place), ending French colonial rule in the region.
7. The 1954 ________________ Accords temporarily divided Vietnam at the _____ parallel with:
a. the North being controlled by the C____________________ , led by __________________________.
b. the South being controlled by the anti-_______________________ nationalists.
c. an understanding that an election to ______________ the country was to be held in 19_____.
8. Why did the U.S. support Ngo Dinh Diem’s decision to cancel the elections?
9. What was corrupt and anti-democratic about the Diem government?
10. What was the name given to the Communist group in the South that carried out attacks against the South
Vietnamese government? ________________________. How was this group supplied by their communist supporters in
the North? _______________________________
11. Under President Kennedy, the U.S. eventually sent _________ (number) military ____________ to train South
Vietnamese troops.
12. Why did South Vietnamese Buddhist’s kill themselves? (image p. 734)
13. True or False The U.S. supported the overthrow of the Diem regime (government).
14. True or False Prior to his death, JFK expressed a desire to increase involvement in Vietnam.
15. True or False Diem’s death resulted in government stability and lost power for the Vietcong in South Vietnam.
16. Not wanting to be perceived as “soft” on ______________, President Johnson was committed to saving:
South OR
North
Vietnam.
(circle one)
17. Congress approved the request and adopted the ______________________________ Resolution, granting Johnson
broad military powers in Vietnam.
18. True or False It appears today that Johnson was anxious to find, or create, an excuse to increase U.S. involvement in
Vietnam.
19. The first U.S. combat troops arrived in South Vietnam in March, 19 and by June the Vietnam War had become
________________________, with more than 50,000 U.S. troops involved.