Causes of the Vietnam WarUsing the following terms or phrases, fill in the blanks of the timeline as you map out the causes of the Vietnam War

Geneva Accords, Domino Theory, SEATO, Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnam ruled by France, US supports France, Dien Bien Phu, Ho Chi Minh, Diem overthrown, Gulf of Tonkin, National Liberation Front, Vietcong, Kennedy assassinated, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Military “advisors”

1800s: _______________________________________________

calls for independenceCommunist Sovietssupport his efforts

1950-1954______________________

in an effort to containcommunist Ho Chi Minh

Eisenhower develops the___________________ =

stop the spread of communismin Vietnam so it does not

spread to neighborsMay 1954

_______________________________Vietnam gains independence; divided

into North & South; US supports anti-communist southern government

under Ngo Dinh Diem

Sept 1954____________________

Nations join this organization tocontain communism in Southeast Asia

1954France defeated at

______________________

1957_____________________________communist rebel group that wants to

remove Ngo Dinh Diem & unite Vietnam

____________________NLF guerrilla fighters who weakenedDiem’s government in South Vietnam

Leader of South Vietnam, _____________________,is corrupt and unpopular, and is only in power

because of the U.S.

1961Kennedy sends “___________________” to trainSouth Vietnamese soldiers & contain communism

Nov. 1, 1963_________________________ with U.S.support because his regime is oppressive

Nov. 1963_________________________

1964US ships attacked in the

________________________

_________________________Congress gives Johnson broad

war powers in Vietnam

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