The US Becomes Further Involved in South Vietnam

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Keywords
ken burns vietnam war french withdrawal france Southeast Asia north vietnam south vietnam domino theory foreign policy containment policy Cold War CIA military strategy communism President Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower President Kennedy John F. Kennedy JFK Dien Bien Phu Ngo Dinh Diem Indochina Ngô Đình Diệm Vietnam WETA curriculum development curriculum planning
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Post-Secondary
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The US Becomes Further Involved in South Vietnam

In this lesson, students will view selected segments from Ken Burns & ​Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War ​and analyze how French withdrawal from Vietnam, and the pressures of the Cold War, increased America’s commitment to South Vietnam. 
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PBS Learning Media

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