US Involvement in Indochina

PBS Learning Media
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Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
ken burns vietnam war President Eisenhower Dwight Eisenhower communism Richard Nixon Indochina French Indochina Indochina War communist expansion geopolitics foreign policy French Union anti-communism Cold War American involvement American aid containment policy domino theory Southeast Asia communist expansion WETA
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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US Involvement in Indochina

By 1954, US tax payers were paying for nearly 80% of France’s war in Vietnam because Eisenhower’s administration thought it was important in the fight against communism.

NOTE: This video is part of a lesson plan titled The US Becomes Further Involved in South Vietnam.
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PBS Learning Media

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