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Vietnam

Vietnam. Unit 1 Lessons of Vietnam. Part 1: The Land. Basics. Length & Width 1,000 Miles Long; 100 Miles Wide Population & Capital 60 Million, Hanoi Food & Language Rice & Vietnamese. Geography. Located in Southeast Asia (SE Asia) Tropical Zone Jungles, Swamps, Rice Paddies

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Vietnam

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  1. Vietnam Unit 1 Lessons of Vietnam

  2. Part 1: The Land

  3. Basics • Length & Width • 1,000 Miles Long; 100 Miles Wide • Population & Capital • 60 Million, Hanoi • Food & Language • Rice & Vietnamese

  4. Geography • Located in Southeast Asia (SE Asia) • Tropical Zone • Jungles, Swamps, Rice Paddies • Temp: 50-90 Degrees

  5. Notable Areas • Truong Son • “Central Mountains” w/ Laos & Cambodia on Other Side • Shape of Vietnam • Like “Two Rice Baskets” • Red River Delta in the North • Mekong Delta in the South

  6. Red River Delta (N)

  7. Mekong River Delta (S)

  8. Part 2: History & Culture

  9. Vietnam’s Beginnings • Vietnam was Formerly Apart of China • For Over 1,000 Years • Education • Learned Chinese Language and Culture • Practiced Confucianism

  10. China & Vietnam • China’s View • Working to “Civilize” the Vietnamese • Vietnam’s Independence (950 AD) • Took Advantage of Problems in China & Separated • Dai Viet (Greater Viet) • Became Independent Nation

  11. Vietnamese Philosophies • Confucian System • Importance of Family & Community over Self • Gov’t Officials Selected Through Exams • Dao (The Way) • Emperor must be Compassionate and have Concern

  12. The March to the South • Need for Growing Community to Find More Land Past the Red River Delta • Takeovers • Champa (land formerly used by Indian settlers) • Angkor (declining state; later becomes Cambodia)

  13. Part 3: The People

  14. Villages Peasants were Born, Lived, and Died in their Villages Decisions Made by Council of Elders in Each Village

  15. Central Government & Villages • Power • Emperor had Representatives, but No Power over Actual Villages • Could tax & Call on Citizens to Serve • Problems • Villages Decided the Tax Rate • Citizens have STRONG Connection to Village but Little Concern over Gov’t

  16. Culture • Rice Farming • Main Job of Villagers • Took a LOT of Work • Family System • Often Three Generations in One House • Male Dominated

  17. Ethnicity & Race • Vietnamese • 90% of the Population • Strong Homogeneity • Other Ethnicities • Mountain People • Cham & Khmer • Chinese

  18. Religions Divisions • Buddhists • Traditional, Asian Religion • Catholics • French Influenced, Western Religion • Cao Dai • Combines Western & Asian Beliefs • HoaHao • Reformed Buddhist

  19. Geographic Divisions • The North • Red River Delta • More Traditionalists/Asian Ideals • The South • Mekong River Delta • More Individualists/Western Ideals

  20. Part 4: Influence of The West

  21. French Influence • Skepticism • Vietnamese Did Not Trust the Europeans • French Influence • Met w/ Resistance And Failure at First • Success in Taking Mekong Region • Indochinese Union • French Control of Vietnam, Cambodia, & Laos

  22. French Colonial Rule • Missions • “Mission Civilisatrice” (Civilizing the Vietnamese or White Man’s Burden) • Benefits • Exporting Rubber, Rice, etc • Introduced Western Ideals

  23. France’s True Motive • Colonialism • Sign of Power in Europe • Push for Takeover • Mercantilism • Export of Goods and Resources Provided Funds for French

  24. Western Ideals & Contradictions • Democracy • Villages Had No Effective Power • Economic Benefit • Only Small Profits Came from Exports • Land Ownership • The Wealthy Could Buy Up Land Leaving the Peasants Out

  25. Nationalism • Nationalism is a Strong Pride in one’s Nation, Sometimes to a Fault • Anti-Colonial Resistance • Attempt to Settle Differences • Vietnam’s Push for Independence

  26. Vietnamese Nationalist Party (VNQDD) Produced Large Student Demonstrations Against the French Organized Resistance Fractured Over Tactics to Use

  27. Part 5: Ho Chi Minh

  28. Beginnings • Father Protested Against French Rule • Spent Time in America • Studied, Worked • Asked WWII Allies to Grant Independence of Vietnam • Ignored

  29. Philosophy • Anti-French Colonial Rule • Marxist View of Government • Communism

  30. Personality Strongly Supported by the Poor & Destitute Dynamic Figure, Inspirational

  31. Ho’s Organizations & Successes • Organizations • Revolutionary Youth League • Indochinese Communist Party • Vietminh • Vietcong • Successes • Removing French Influence from Vietnam • Gureilla Warfare

  32. Part 6: Revolution

  33. The August Revolution • Ho Seizes Control of Hanoi • Forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) • French & Vietminh Try Compromise • Fails • Vietminh Officially Attack the French

  34. The First IndoChina War (1945-1954) • French • Traditional War Tactics • Former Emperor Bao Dai as a Symbol • Formed “Associated States of Vietnam” • Vietminh • Guerilla War Tactics • Assisted by China

  35. United States & TheWar • View of SE Asia • Strategic, Important Area w/ Mad Resources • U.S. Didn’t Trust Either Side, but Helped Associated States

  36. Reaction to War • Gen. Vo Ngyuen Giap • Planned Surprise Attacks Against French • Demoralizer • French Public Were Against the War • No End In Sight

  37. Dien Bien Phu • French Military Post • Attacked During Negotiations • HUGE Loss of Life of the French • Causes the French to Give In To Ho’s Demands

  38. Dien Bien Phu

  39. The GENEVA ACCORDS • Two Major Agreements to End War: • 1) Cease-Fire btwn French & Vietminh • Divide Vietnam on 17th Parallel (DMZ) • Vietminh in North; Bao Dai in South • 2) Political Accord to Settle Issues • Reps from Each Zone To Develop National Elections

  40. Demilitarized Zone, 17th Parallel

  41. Results • Split Vietnam Into Two Sides • North- Communist, South-Democratic • U.S. Did Not Agree to Political Accords • Did NOT Want Ho Chi Minh to Win Election

  42. Part 7: Ngo Dinh Diem

  43. Ngo Dinh Diem • Background • Catholic, Supported by U.S. • Beat Bao Dai by 98 Percent of the Vote • Philosophy • Opposed Communism • Refused to Meet w/ DRV • Personality • Corrupt, Autocratic

  44. Diem’s Policies • Land Redistribution • Giving Land to Poor (Unsuccessful) • Strategic Hamlets • Forts Around Villages

  45. Diem’s Enemies • Communists • Started Uprisings in SV Against Diem • Buddhists • Oppressed All Non-Catholics

  46. Buddhist Protests(ThichQuangDuc)

  47. Southeast Asia Trade Organization (SEATO) Formed by U.S. to Help protect The Area From Communists SV Couldn’t Join Legally

  48. U.S. Policy Towards Vietnam • Pres. John F. Kennedy • Increased Military Advisors to Vietnam • Rejected Sending Troops • “Hearts & Minds” • Attempt to Win Over The Vietnamese Citizens • FAIL

  49. Assassinations • Ngo DinhDiem (11/1/63) • U.S. Supported Coup Against Diem • Brutal • John F. Kennedy (11/22/63) • Killed by Sniper in Dallas,TX • Results • SV Now Run By Military General “Big Minh” • NV Steps Up Attacks

  50. Assassinations

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