Vietnam War

Vietnam War

 Read provided documents and only use them for research on the topic Essay questions: writer must address each of the following questions using the documents provided. 1. After World War I, Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh expressed many grievances against the region’s French colonizers. What were his grievances? How does he compare the rights of Indochinese people under French rule with the rights of contemporary Europeans? [Docs. #1 and #2] 2. Why, according to Ho Chi Minh, was communism necessary to liberate Indochina? What were the main goals of his proposed communist revolution? [Docs. #1 and #2] 3. Why do you think Ho Chi Minh used the American Declaration of Independence as his model for the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence? To you, what were the most important grievances mentioned by Ho. Why did you pick these particular grievances as most important? [Doc. #3] 4. What was the “Domino Theory?” How did President Eisenhower see the importance of Vietnam in the larger context of American interests in Asia in the 1950s? Do you think this theory was reasonable? Why or why not? [Doc. #4] 5. What was the shocking revelation made by former Secretary of Defense about the beginning of the Vietnam War? What was the resulting “Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?” What were its justifications and what new power did it give the president to achieve its goals? How do you feel about the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution given how it was justified and what it did? [Docs. #5 and 6] 6. What were Martin Luther King, Jr.’s objections to the Vietnam War? And what were his recommendations for ending the conflict? Do you think his recommendations were realistic? Why or why not? [Doc. #7]