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THE VIET NAM WAR INTERNET LAB

Battlefield memorial honors the soldiers killed near Chu Lai during the offensive between September 11th and November 25th, 1967

Vietnamese children flee from their homes in Trang Bang June 8th, 1972 after a South Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped napalm on their village.

Go to Tim Page’s web site at :

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/leuhusen/nam/index.shtml

After the welcome page, there are three pages of background information on the Vietnam War from which you can answer the following questions. (one point each)

  1. (welcome) Approximately how many US soldiers were involved in the war?

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  2. (map page) Name three countries that have ruled Vietnam during its history?

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  3. (map page) Which country lost Vietnam as a colony at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954?
  4. (map page) What city was the headquarters/capital of the communists in the North?

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  5. (map page) What two countries aided the North Vietnamese in their attempt to take over the South?

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  6. (map page) What city was the capital of the South?
  7. (map page) What three countries border Vietnam?

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  8. (map page) What bodies of water border Vietnam?

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  9. (background2) Why didn’t the US attack North Vietnam directly?

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  10. (background2) What were the cultural differences separating the US from South Vietnam?

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  11. (background2) Which US president got the US involved in the war on a large scale?

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  12. (background2) Why didn’t President Johnson stop the war?

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  13. (background3) Who was the top US commander in Vietnam?

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  14. (background3) What were some difficulties the US faced in fighting the war in Vietnam?

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  15. (background3) In what year did US troops begin leaving Vietnam?

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  16. (background3) In what year did the North Vietnamese conquer South Vietnam?

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  17. (background3) How many million people died in Vietnam?

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  18. (background3) Under which US president did the war end?

 

19. (seven points) Go back to the Welcome page and enter the Site Map. View the collection of photos (the most powerful photos are found in the sections titled Under Fire and Life and Sorrow) and choose a photo or two that best represents what you feel the war was about. Describe the photo and tell why you feel this photo is most powerful.

 

 

Extra Credit: Go to the CNN Cold War site at http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/ and explain below several ways in which the Cold War advanced technology.