PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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A old state in France
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The name given to modern day china
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The area between China and Russia that was used as a battlefield
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An area in Southeast Asia that was under control of France and included Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Indochina, also called (until 1950) French Indochina or French Indochine Française, the three countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia formerly associated with France, first within its empire and later within the French Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indochina is a region of Southeast Asia. It has no fixed definition. Most narrowly, it is the former French colonies of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, which were collectively known as French Indochina during the colonial period until the Indochina wars.
Detailed explanation-3: -Indochina comprises five countries: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam. These coun-tries share natural resources centering on the Mekong River, which flows from north to south through the center of the Indochinese peninsula, and are closely related economically, culturally and historically.
Detailed explanation-4: -What we now call Vietnam was once owned and run by France. From the late 1800’s to 1954, Vietnam was part of a French colony called French Indochina.
Detailed explanation-5: -French colonialism in Vietnam lasted more than six decades. By the late 1880s, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were all controlled by France and collectively referred to as Indochine Français (French Indochina). Indochina became one of France’s most important colonial possessions.