American History in the Modern Era Final: The Vietnam War

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Indochina is a small peninsula off the coast of France.

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False

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All of the following countries are a part of Indochina EXCEPT: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos.

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Korea

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Vietnam was controlled by which European country in the 1800s?

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France

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Who became a voice for the independence of Vietnam after World War I?

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Ho Chi Minh

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President Harry Truman was a supporter of Vietnamese independence and believed that they should be able to decide what kind of government they live under.

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False

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President Truman supported what kind of policy toward communism after the loss of China in 1949 and the Korean War that lasted from 1950-1953?

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The containment of Communism

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President Dwight Eisenhower adopted what theory regarding communism and its spread?

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The Domino Theory

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What happened at Dien Bien Phu in 1954?

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The Vietminh laid siege to a garrison of French troops who then surrendered.

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All of the following happened in Geneva, Switzerland following the French suing for peace EXCEPT: the country being divided at the 38th Parallel; the Vietminh being in charge in the North; the South being led by a government favorable to the French; that free elections would happen in 1956 to reunify the country.

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the country being divided at the 38th Parallel.

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Eisenhower advocated for a NATO-like organization set up in Southeast Asia to contain communism called the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.

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True