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He would go on to be a communist revolutionary leader also he created the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam and he and his forces defeated the French Union in 1954
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The domino theory is an idea which is relating to Vietnam saying if One nation falls to communism others will begin to fall to it to and South Vietnam was important to the United States to contain it from spreading because the North Was communists .
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In September 1950, President Truman sent the military assistance advisory group to Vietnam to assist the French.
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The United States responded by sending advisers and aid to south Vietnam .
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The 17th parallel is the line that separates north and south Vietnam. The Geneva Accords, gave them the answer on how to split it.
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They respond, by attacking the French at Dien bien Phu and then starting and escalating everything into what we call now the Vietnam War.
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The election was about reuniting the states into one country and it was canceled because, obviously it would win and then the communists would take over so he canceled it for the countries only good.
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Quang duc , a buddist monk set him self on fire to protest the alleged persecution of monks.
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After , the United states withdraws support. Ngo, gets assassinated and most of south Vietnam celebrated.
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JFK, was killed and Johnson was sworn in as President. If, JFK lived we would of probably wouldn't of had to deal with the war and we would of pulled out troops out instead of Johnson not pulling them out. Also, we would of just let the war play off between North and South Vietnam, and we wouldn't join in at all.
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The Us Ship the USS Maddox was fired upon by Vietnamese submarines and was prude the Maddox destroyed the boats and , Johnson's response to it was sending and involving more of the US in the Vietnam war.
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They were also know as the Viet Cong and the peoples army of Vietnam they occupied north Vietnam also some south Vietnam and they were who the US fought.
