Causes of US Involvement in Vietnam

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  1. 2. What type of government and economic system was in place in China after 1949?
  2. 3. Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
  3. 6. The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
  4. 7. Which President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?
  5. 10. Who was the US Secretary of Defense during this time?
  6. 11. Describe the type of military force President Kennedy sent to Vietnam.
  7. 12. Who was the South Vietnamese leader?
  8. 13. Before World War 2, which empire was Vietnam a part of?
  9. 14. Which side did many peasants support?
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  1. 1. What was the name of America’s navy destroyer?
  2. 4. What group of people were attacking South Vietnam from inside the country?
  3. 5. Who sent 16,000 Military Advisers to Vietnam?
  4. 7. During World War 2, which country invaded Vietnam?
  5. 8. What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism?
  6. 9. What was president Esienhower’s theory called?