Who was the US-backed leader of South Vietnam in 1955-63?
Ngo Dinh Diem
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What is guerrilla warfare?
A form of irregular warfare where small groups of combatants use military tactics to fight a larger less mobile military.
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What is the National Liberation Force?
Alos known by the US as the Vietcong; they were set up to oppose Diem's rule?
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What is the Vietcong?
A derogatory term used by the US for all Vietnamese communists.
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Which US president provided financial support to the French in their fight against the Vietminh?
President Eisenhour
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Which US president increases US involvement by sending a large number of "advisors"?
President Kennedy
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Which US president dramatically escalated US involvement by sending American troops to Vietnam?
President Johnson
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What was the domino theory?
America thought if Vietnam fell to communism other nations would follow
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What were the main two points agreed in the Geneva Accords?
Elections were to be held in 1956 to decide who ruled the whole of Vietnam.
Vietnam was split into two on a temporary basis, with a demilitarised zone in the middle.
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What happened in the battle of Dien Bien Phu?
The French tried to trap the Vietminh but they used guerrilla tactics to destroy the French by hiding in the forest.
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