CNN Cold War documentary part 11:
​Vietnam War

During and/or after the video, you should be able to answer the following questions.

You may or not be tested on the following questions upon my return to ensure that you are paying attention...
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​1.​ ​How much was spent and how many people died in the Vietnam war? ​ ​ ​
2.​ ​Who was defeated at Diem Bien Phu in 1954?
2a. Why was this important? ​ ​ ​ ​
3.​ ​What ideologies was the new regime in Vietnam based around? ​ ​ ​
​4.​ ​How was Vietnam divided?
4a. Why did the US oppose the elections in Vietnam? ​ ​ ​
​5.​ ​Who was Ho Chi Minh?
5a. How did the US see him? ​ ​ ​
​6.​ ​Who did the US support in Vietnam?
6a. Who did the USSR support? ​ ​ ​ ​
7.​ ​Why did the USA get involved in Vietnam? (CLUE – explain the Domino Theory) ​ ​ ​
​8.​ ​What happened to the South Vietnamese leader in Diem in 1963? ​ ​ ​ ​
9.​ ​What did President Johnson do when he took over as President after Kennedy’s ​assassination? ​ ​ ​
​10.​ ​What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964?
10a. How did this change the war? ​ ​ ​ 
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