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1. NVC

2. HOT ROC: LBJ

3. The Vietnam War

Essential Question: Was the Vietnam War necessary to stop the spread of Communism?Homework: Enjoy your weekend!

HOT ROC: LBJ

• Do you think Lyndon Johnson was a great president, based on what he accomplished with the Great Society?

Background to the Vietnam War• Vietnam part of French

colony Indochina• Ho Chi Minh:

Vietnamese nationalist leader leads war for independence against the French– Wins control of north

Vietnam in 1954

Background to Vietnam War• Geneva Accords divides

Vietnam in half– North governed by Ho Chi

Minh and the Vietnamese communists

– South governed by Diem, unpopular pro-French puppet

• 1960 Ho Chi Minh likely to win presidential election to unify country– Diem cancels the election in

the south– Ho Chi Minh starts Viet Cong

nationalist movement to liberate south Vietnam

Vietnam War Begins

• 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gives President Johnson power to stop the spread of Communism in Vietnam– Vietnam War begins– Was it necessary?