THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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prevent the spread of communism in Indochina
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reduce French influence in Vietnam
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stop china from seizing Vietnam
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support the government of North Vietnam
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Detailed explanation-1: -China had become communist in 1949 and communists were in control of North Vietnam. The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. It decided to send money, supplies and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government.
Detailed explanation-2: -Not only had the USA failed to stop Vietnam falling to communism, but their actions in the neighbouring countries of Laos and Cambodia had helped to bring communist governments to power there too. Many US politicians were mounting pressure to commit to peace. The policy of containment had failed in the propaganda war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Johnson saw the war much the same as his predecessor President Kennedy had: a way to retaliate against the Soviet Union for the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1964, Johnson and McNamara considered stepping up their involvement in the war because of the South Vietnamese forces’ low morale.