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Truman decided to choose to go against France to prevent the spread of communism. by 1954 the U.S was paying for 80% of the indochina war. 10 Million dollars
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Even thought the U.S. had aided the in the fist indochina war, the French still controlled the Northern and Southern cities of Vietnam. So eisen hower sends troops to try andcontrol the cities.
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In 1954 the French and Viet Mihn had signed the geneva accords staing that the fighting stopped and that Veitnam would be temporarily split along the 17th parallel.
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Once John Kennedy had become president he immediatly tried to send aid to the south Vietnam government.
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Diem was already not liked by the public and now with he going against the buddhist religion he caused many monks to set them selves on fire.
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Three weeks after Diems death, Kennedy was also assainated, and the problem in vietnam fell to the next president. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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For years the north Vietnamese had been sending supplies to the south vietnamese along the Ho Chi Mihn Trail. this was until the U.S. troops had interupted with that this to hopefully prevent the spread of communism.
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this was when after wieghing all outcomes and circumstances president johnson finally decided to send more american troops
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the domino theory was supposed to be a chain of events . If vietnam fell to communism so would all other neighboring countries
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President johnson had decided that the veitnam war effort needed more men so he had created the draft.
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president jonson would send on average about 35,000 trrops a month to serve in vietnam.
