The+Path+to+Vietnam

=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] Voicethread and Video on the original page

The start of the Vietnam War occured before American involvement. One event leading into the War was that ** France ** was defeated in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, leaving Vietnam from their imperalistic gains. Then in Vietnam, ** Ho Chi Minh ** was the leader of the revolutionary army and led the northern part of Vietnam as a ** communist ** government; ** Ngo Dinh Diem ,** the prime minister of the south, was American supportive, but corrupt and didn't hold free elections. After Vietman decided to go back to war to reunite the country, America decided to help in Vietnam, so it wouldn't become communist.

The main five American Presidents that had been involved in Vietnam are Harry ** Truman **, Dwight D Eisenhower, John F ** Kennedy **, Lyndon ** Johnson **, and Richard Nixon. All Presidents didn't want Vietnam to fall to communism, and so sent money to French troops to keep Vietnam under their rule. They also established ** military assistance and advisers ** so communism won't spread, supports movements against Ngo Dinh Diem, and kept the US to the war. Presidents began sending troops to the ** Gulf of Tonkin **, and began Operation ** Rolling Thunder ** to drop bombs on Vietnam. At last, they began sending in Marine troops into Vietnam.