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Vietnam War Objective: To describe how the Vietnamese and Americans were effected during the Vietnam War. By: DJ Dwyer

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[|DJ's Link on the Vietnam War] This website is extremely useful by sharing an in-depth description of the Vietnam War. The format of this website holds the viewers attention by having an easy navigational system to browse through sections.The PBS Online organization does a great job giving a detailed timeline of the Vietnam War from start to finish. This website give different variations of format of the information. One of which is timeline format which is very useful in comprehension because it gives you a basic idea of the order of events. This timeline includes specific events that occurred from the year 1954-1975. Also there is a brief history section which is valuable for the on-the-go quick information check. Overall this source proves to be well organized, easily comprehendible, and abundant in credible information.

1. Why do you think the average American citizen is angry that the U.S. invaded Vietnam? 2. How do you think the Americans felt about the war in this time period? In favor or not? 3. Was it smart of America to interlude in Asian affairs?

1. The average citizen in america was the lower class. These people either served or knew people that served in the military and were upset over their loss. 2. Most Americans were not in favor of the Vietnam War. After they realized they were losing for an insignificant cause they wanted out immediately. 3. It was not smart to intervene in Asian affairs because America suffered a tragic loss. If America were to succeed then it would be a whole new story.

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Reflection Questions

1. In what way did the Americans help the Vietnamese? How did they hurt them as well? 2. Which leadership philosophy was more efficient, rule out of fear or respect? 3. Overall, did anything good or progressive come out of the Vietnamese War? 4. What strategies did North Vietnam leaders take to win them the war? 5. Was the Vietnam War short and to the point? or long and drawn out?

1. The Americans supported the anticommunist group in South Vietnam. They fought together during the war against the communists as well as the Soviet Union and China. The Americans caused a disturbance to the northern part of Vietnam who were fighting against the southern group.

2. In this case the leader Ho Chi Minh came out victorious in accomplishing his goals for Vietnam. He ruled out of fear with strict laws and politics. However, if you look at the situation in a bigger perspective, Vietnam turned out to be a poor country still to this day under his rule. The respectful leader has better ideals and visions for the future, but the strict leader gets his goals accomplished and takes action more efficiently.

3. If one were to look through the eyes of the Americans and the Vietnamese, then it is clear that neither really received anything positive from the outcome of the Vietnam War. The Americans lost over 58 thousand soldiers in result; the Southern Vietnamese were overruled by communists; and the Northern Vietnamese ruled but failed to succeed in anything other than war.

4. The Strategy Ho Chi Minh used was to be grisly and his citizens would live in fear of breaking the rules. This lead to great organization and loyal subjects to the rules.

5. The war was long and drawn out. Americans would just keep on sending troops and when they died/failed or needed backup they would send more troops and so on. This lead to over 58,000 deaths of American soldiers and a slow decline in conflict.

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