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DIRECTIONS: Putting Events in Sequence Number the events in the order in which
they occurred. Use the same number for events that happened at the same time.
A. Robert McNamara travels to Vietnam on a fact-finding mission.
B. Vietnamese forces defeat the French in a long, bloody war.
C. Ngo Dinh Diem refuses to hold elections in South Vietnam.
D. South Vietnamese army officers stage a coup and assassinate Diem.
E. The terms of the Geneva Accords divide Vietnam temporarily
into Communist North Vietnam and non-Communist South
Vietnam.
F. American ground forces conduct search-and-destroy missions to
seek out Vietcong; in the air, planes deliver napalm to destroy the
jungle growth where the Vietcong hide.
G. Ngo Dinh Diem gains control of South Vietnam.
H. John F. Kennedy sends Special Forces troops to South Vietnam.
I. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
J. Japanese forces capture the French colony of Indochina.
M. The Vietcong begin a war against the Diem regime.
N. The United States becomes the dominant foreign power in
South Vietnam.
O. United States Marines land near Da Nang as Lyndon B. Johnson
begins to escalate United States involvement in Vietnam.
P. Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam’s independence.
Q. Buddhist monks set themselves on fire on busy South Vietnam
streets to show their opposition to the government.
DIRECTIONS: Essay On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following question.
Why was the ground war in Vietnam difficult for American troops?
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K. Diem launches a campaign to destroy the power of the
Communist supporters in South Vietnam.
L. Robert McNamara begins to argue that the war cannot be won.