Vietnam-Path

=**VIETNAM - THE PATH TO WAR **=

You all know that the United States was involved in a major military conflict in Vietnam during the Cold War ... but why? What was America's "path to war"? Using the resources below and __Creating America__, your task this evening is to write a description in YOUR OWN WORDS of the causes of American involvement in Southeast Asia. Pretend you are writing it as a summary for on online encyclopedia or textbook. Your description should ...
 * be between two and four complete, well written paragraphs
 * contain the following terms - France, Ho Chi Minh, communism, Ngo Dinh Diem, military advisors, Gulf of Tonkin, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Rolling Thunder
 * be IN YOUR OWN WORDS (remember, it's easy to check this online)
 * contain two images THAT RELATE TO YOUR WRITING
 * Should end with the first Marines landing in Vietnam in 1965

Need some help? How about ... //Creating America// [|This cool animation] [|Into Vietnam (Overview)] from ABC-CLIO [|Timeline of the Vietnam War] [|Vietnam Online Timeline] Causes of the Vietnam War video below media type="youtube" key="Fd8wKKfN7sM" width="425" height="350" 1. France had a battle in  Dien Bien Phu, they later lost and had confessed surrender in Vietnam. After this, the leader of Northern part of Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh but Viet Minh also had power, the prime minister of Southern part of Vietnam was Ngo Dinh Diem. Viet Mihn, started a war to try and unite North and South Vietnam. During the Beginning of this war, Ngo Dinh Diem asked the US for some military troops to help protect themselves.

2. As things became more tense in Vietnam, President Dwight Eisenhower sent 900 Military Advisers to South Korea. Later during President John Kennedy's term, the number of Military Advisers increased to 11,000. The reason why the US offered to help fight in Vietnam because they were worried that communism was going to spread to Vietnam. The US' main goal was to prevent the wide spread of communism.

3. In 1964 during President Lyndon Johnson's term, a US military ship known as the USS Maddox, was attacked by North Vietnamese forces. The ship was attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later North Vietnamese boats came back to attack again, according to US official statements.