How did the United States become involved in Vietnam?
What will be an ideal response?
During World War II, Japan took over the French colony of Indochina, including present-day Vietnam. The United States assisted an underground Vietnamese communist resistance movement against the Japanese occupiers. When the war ended, France regained control of Vietnam and sent in troops to crush the resistance. The United States supported France in Vietnam because U.S. leaders felt they needed French cooperation to defend Western Europe from the threat of Soviet invasion.
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With his "Fair Deal," Truman hoped to keep his working coalition together by strengthening links between
A. Square Dealers and New Dealers. B. southern Democrats and Republicans. C. liberal Democrats and Dixiecrats. D. labor and farmers.
What was the main source of social tension in cities like London and Vienna during this time?
a) a large influx of people of various social classes competing for dwindling space b) the aristocrats’ tendency to leave the city for lush suburban estates Consider This: Tall tenements were built for recent immigrants from the countryside. See 5.1.2: Great Metropolises. c) the lack of urban amenities compared with the lively seaport cities of medieval Europe Consider This: Tall tenements were built for recent immigrants from the countryside. See 5.1.2: Great Metropolises. d) the refusal of the poorer classes to work as servants for their richer neighbors Consider This: Tall tenements were built for recent immigrants from the countryside. See 5.1.2: Great Metropolises.
__________ profited from oil refining during the war
A) Jay Gould B) William H. Seward C) John D. Rockefeller D) Salmon P. Chase
Livy was a prominent Roman ________
A) poet B) general C) statesman D) historian