1. Moving Toward Conflict
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2. US Supports France in Vietnam
Nationalist Movements
Protest French colonial rule
Protest Japanese rule during WWII
Ho Chi Minh formed Vietminh
Declared independence when Japan was defeated

3. US Supports France in Vietnam
French Indochina War ( )
France retook control of South
Vietminh controlled North
US Supported France

4. US Supports France in Vietnam
Domino Theory
Eisenhower’s justification to fight in Vietnam
If one nation falls to Communism, others will

5. US Supports France in Vietnam
Vietminh take Dien Bien Phu in 1954
Geneva Accords divide Vietnam
Communist North and Nationalist South
Call for elections in 1956

6. The US Steps In Ngo Dinh Diem (South)
Ho Chi Minh
North
Ngo Dinh Diem (South)
Refused to hold elections
Supported by US
Corrupt regime
Vietcong Form in Resistance to Diem
Communist opposition group
Supplied along Ho Chi Minh Trail
Make Southern Vietnam unstable
Ngo Dinh Diem
South

7. The US Steps In JFK and Vietnam Supported Diem to fight Communism
Diem government unstable and corrupt
US removed Diem in 1963
South grows unstable
Increased influence of Vietcong

8. LBJ Expands the Conflict
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Response to incident in Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnamese ships fired on US ship
LBJ responded by bombing Vietnam

9. LBJ Expands the Conflict
Resolution Provisions
Gave LBJ broad military powers
Launched Operation Rolling Thunder