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S military but it also signaled a transformation in the relationship between citizens and government In the HBO film Path To War students can witness firsthand the process by which President Lyndon Baines Johnson made a series of fateful decisions c. What was it?. The Vietnam War was . a war that had . C. ommunist North . Vietnam and its southern . allies, the . Viet Cong, . fighting against . South . Vietnam and the . United States. .. The war ended in 1973 because of the withdrawal of United States help.. By: James Esposito. The Draft for the Vietnam War was Immoral. Many Americans were burning their draft cards and protesting against the war, which hadn’t been very popular in American history to this point. 1946-54. 1961-1975. Background. Indochina-peninsula southwest of China and east of India. Indochina War 1946-1954. France (colonial power) vs. “Vietminh” (League for Vietnamese Independence). WWII. A War of Attrition: Military Strategies. Background Info. Not fought on traditional battlefields. War of attrition: small battles designed to slowly deplete the resources. Hoped to kill off morale and hope of opponent through these “wars of attrition”. The Vietnam War. Ho Chi Minh and his followers began . an armed struggle to reunify the nation. . They organized a new guerrilla army, which became known as the Vietcong.. President Eisenhower increased American aid, and sent hundreds of military advisers to train South Vietnam’s army.. Vietnam. Vietnam. War - . outline. Origins. of the . Vietnam. War. The First . Indochina. war. The French . lose. . Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh. Geneva. . accords. South. . Vietnam. Buddhist. . revolt. Who was the Vietnamese nationalist that became the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?. Mao . Tse. -Tung. Tu. Thong. Ho Chi Minh. Ngo . Dinh. Diem. Who . was president in 1955 when the US began acting as an advisor to South Vietnam?. Conquest and colonialism in Indochina. 200 B.C. Chinese invade Red River Delta. 939 A.D. After nearly 1000 years of Chinese control, the Vietnamese win independence but the Chinese remained a threat. A.P. U.S. History. Mr. Krueger. Filling in the Gaps…. Flexible Response. Berlin Wall. Containment in S.E. Asia. Bay of Pigs. Cuban Missile Crisis. War on Poverty. Great Society. Medicare. Voting Rights Act 1965. Vietnam War – the End. The . Vietcong were expert guerrilla fighters and the Americans had no answer to . this type . of warfare. The Vietcong copied the tactics the Red Chinese had used. The tactics can . (1955-1968). Anti-War . Movement . (1963-1971) . Muhammad Ali- . “ The Greatest” . In 1967, three years after Ali had won the World Heavyweight Championship, he was publicly vilified for his refusal to enter the draft, based on his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War. Ali stated, "I . Chapter 25, Section 1. Origins of the Vietnam War. In the 1800s, the French controlled Indochina– today’s Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. . Ho Chi Minh wanted to end French colonial rule starting in the late 1800s. WWII put the conflict on hold, but afterwards France tried to assert their dominance again. . The Vietnam War 1954 – 1975 Chapter 22 Map of Vietnam Activity Label each country shown on the map Color North Vietnam and South Vietnam (different colors) Identify and Label Saigon Hanoi Gulf of Tonkin The Cold War Between the United States and the USSR. A War of Ideology and Visions, 1945 – 1991. The Cold War lasted from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union. . The United States.