ASIA

1. ASIA Conflict & Change (Nationalism & Independence) The History of Vietnam/Vietnam War FSMS Standard SS7H3.a

2. ASIANationalism & independence SS7H3 – The student will analyze continuity and change in Southern and Eastern Asia leading to the 21st century. a. Describe how nationalism led to independence in India and Vietnam. d. Describe the impact of communism in China in terms of Mao Zedong, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and Tiananmen Square.

3. First five Agenda Message: MLK Holiday Standard: None Essential Question for Monday January 20, 2014: None Warm-Up for Monday: None Today We Will: N/A

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5. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message: After school tutoring Wed. from 4-5p. CDA III Study Guides go home with all students today. CDA III is January 28th. Standard: Analyze continuity and change in S&EA leading to the 21st century as it relates to the History of Indian & Vietnam. Essential Question, Tuesday; 1/21/14: Who was Ho Chi Mihn? Warm-Up: What is the definition for “Nationalism” Today We Will: • Start History of the Vietnam War

6. answers E.Q. Answer for Tuesday 1/21/14: The Communist leader of Vietnam’s independence movement Warm-up Answer: The desire for people of a common ethnic group to be free from colonial influence and to control their own government, economy, and future.

7. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message: CDA III is January 28th. Test will cover geography, religions, climate, population distribution, and histories of India, Vietnam, China, Japan, & Korea. STUDY!!! Standard: Analyze continuity and change in S&EA leading to the 21st century as it relates to the History of Indian & Vietnam. Essential Question, Wednesday; 1/22/14: What are similarities between the independence movements of India & Vietnam? Warm Up: Who did Ho Chi Minh defeat in 1954 to gain Vietnam’s independence? Today We Will: • Finish Vietnam War

8. answers E.Q. Answer for Wednesday 1/22/14: • Both India & Vietnam had independence leaders, Gandhi & Ho Chi Minh • Both leaders gained independence from European Colonialists. India, Great Britain & Vietnam, France • Both leaders started organizations. Gandhi stated the Indian National Congress & Ho Chi Minh started the Vietminh League and the Indochinese Communist Party Warm-up Answer: The French

9. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message: CDA III is January 28th. Make “Flash Cards” based on questions from the Study Guide to help Prepare for Success. Standard: Analyze continuity and change in S&EA leading to the 21st century as it relates to the History of Indian & Vietnam. Essential Question, Thursday; 1/23/14: Why did the United States become involved in the Vietnam War? Warm Up: What was the Domino Theory? Today We Will: • Start China • Introduce Communism

10. answers E.Q. Answer for Thursday 1/23/14: To stop the spread of Communism Warm-up Answer: The theory that if one country became Communist all the countries around it would become Communist, eventually leading to Communist domination.

11. ASIANationalism & independence NATIONALISM The belief that people should have their own government and be in control of their own destinies. People that share common history, customs, origins, and sometime language or religion. People who share these characteristics often think of themselves as a nation.

12. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS VIETNAM From the early 1900s what is now Vietnam was a French colony and was known as French Indochina. Starting in 1930’s a young man, Ho Chi Minh, began to work for Vietnamese independence from the French.

13. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS Minh organized an Indochinese Communist Party. When WWII began Ho Chi Minh hoped it would mean the end of French rule in his country. He helped to found a new group, the Vietminh League, a group that had Vietnamese independence as its goal.

14. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS Unfortunately, when the war ended, the French moved to regain control of its colonial possession, which they still called French Indochina. For the next nine years, Ho Chi Minh and his Vietminh fought the French colonial forces.

15. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS Although the French were able to maintain control of most of the cities, particularly in the south, the people in the countryside worked with Ho Chi Minh. The Vietnamese wanted control of their own country, their own government, their own destiny.

16. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS In 1954 the French were defeated and Ho Chi Minh gained control. All parties to the conflict went to Geneva, Switzerland for a conference to end French involvement in Vietnam. At this Geneva Conference the U.S. became alarmed at the prospect of Ho Chi Minh ruling Vietnam.

17. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS The U.S. feared that a communist Vietnam would lead other countries in the area to become communist. This was known as the Domino Theory (if one country fell to communism, all the others around it would fall as well).

18. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS The U.S. used its influence to have Vietnam divided into two parts; • Ho Chi Minh was in charge of the north and • the U.S. was in control of the south. The plan was to stabilize the country and then let the people vote on what type of government they wanted.

19. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS The U.S. hoped to find someone they could put up as a democratic alternative to Ho Chi Minh, so the country could be reunited, but as a democracy rather than as a communist state. It soon became clear that any election held by the Vietnamese people would end with Ho Chi Minh and the communist winning. Therefore, the U. S. reneged on the agreement to hold open elections.

20. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS This decision infuriated the communist North Vietnamese and war quickly followed. The U.S. #1 concern in fighting the Vietnam War was stopping the spread of communism.

21. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS As war broke out and years went by the Vietnamese people became more anxious to have independence. Many in the U.S. controlled South Vietnam sympathized with those of the north, seeing them as fellow countrymen rather than the enemy.

22. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS Feelings of nationalism among the Vietnamese people were more important than ideas about what political system they should have. After many years of fighting and the loss of over 58,000 U.S. servicemen and woman's lives plus thousands more lives lost among the North & South Vietnamese the U.S. withdrew its forces from Vietnam in April 1975.

23. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS Ho Chi Minh’s forces took over the country the very next day. His first steps were; • To unify the north and south • Into the Republic of Vietnam. (Communist government) While the country remains communist today, most of the other countries in the region did not adopt a communist style government.

24. ASIAHISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS Today Vietnam is a trading partner and ally of the United States. U.S. citizens regularly travel to Vietnam for business and pleasure. The Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. has the names of over 58,272 service men and women who lost their lives serving in the Vietnam War.