USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He made himself even more unpopular by discriminating against Buddhism, one of the country’s most widely practiced religions. In the spring of 1963, he banned the traditional religious flags for the Buddha’s birthday. When Buddhists protested in the streets, Diem’s police killed nine people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Catholicism and Nepotism Diem’s government was also unpopular because it had an overwhelming Catholic bias and contained several unpopular, key figures who were members of Diem’s own family, the Ngo family.

Detailed explanation-3: -Diem was a corrupt leader who refused to give peasants land. He did not like Buddhism and treated the majority Buddhist population badly. As a result, much of South Vietnam’s population was rebelling against him.

Detailed explanation-4: -The US government saw South Vietnam’s autocratic ruler, Ngo Dinh Diem, as a bulwark against Communism.