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The Vietnam War
1955-1975
Who fought and why?
The Vietnam War Starts
By Joanne and Nuo (Team Captain)
By Joanne and Tedd (Team Captain)
By Jun Xian and Nuo (Team Captain)
Yeah!
Stop the Vietnam War!
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The Vietnam War started because it wanted to break away from France. (It used to be a colony of France when it was called French Indochina.)
France wanted Vietnam for it's valuable exports, like rice and rubber.
Soon, France and Vietnam made an agreement, dividing Vietnam into North and South. The South was occupied by the France, but the North was not.
Ho Chi Minh wanted Vietnam to become one country and that is when the Vietnam War offically began.
The US started to aid France because it wanted to stop Vietnam to be communist.
By Joanne and Nuo (Team Captain)
In January, 1973, a crease fire was arranged. The last US troops left Vietnam two months later. Despite the treaty, the fighting between south and north Vietnam resumed soon afterward. But US troops did not return.
By Jun Xian and Nuo (Team Caption)
By Cadence and Nuo (Team Captain)
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1963: Important Facts
Was this war justified or not?
By Jun Xian, Nuo and Tedd (Team Captain)
By Clark and Tedd (Team Captain)
Cadence and Tedd (Team Captain)
NOOOO!!!!!!!
Agent Orange was a chemical that caused the tree leaves in Vietnam to fall.
US thought that is would be a solution for the undergrowth.
But not only did this chemical cause leaves to fall, but also caused health problems along with deformation.
The children in Vietnam looked horrifying because they are deformed.
NOOOO!!!!!!!
By Clark, Jun Xian, Tedd (Team Captain)
Operation was called Operation Apache Snow.
Martin Luther King Jr
This is because there was approximately 3,258,000 deaths in all. Also, we lost the Vietnam War, and Vietnam is now a communist country. Even more surprising, US troops were not given a hero's welcome, but called losers or killers
This war was not justified, because the US lost the war. Even if we didn't fight the war, the result will be the same: Vietnam will be a united as one communist country.
"This war caused millions of deaths, even from the innocents. Why should this war be justified?"-Nuo Li
The American troops took over a hill near the fort on the second day of the battle and North Vietnam fought back hard.
John F Kennedy
Lyndon D. Johnson
"I DO NOT think this war is justified because it was bloodly and cruel."- Cadence Tan
In 1978, the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia, removing the Khmer Rouge from power. The Chinese then invaded Vietnam, but were driven back. The Vietnamese occupied Cambodia for 20 years.
One of the worst battles in the Vietnam War, and U.S. troops called it a "meat grinder."
"When the US soliders came back from the war, they were not greeted a hero's welcome; instead, they were treated and called as losers." -Tedd Lee
Lasted 9 days and 630 communists were dead along with 56 dead Americans.
"The Vietnam War caused chain reactions, which lead to bigger problems."- Joanne Pan
By Clark and Tedd (Captain of Team)
Note from the teacher...
This impressive Prezi was created by some hardworking fifth graders with minimal teacher input. The use of primary sources by students (including the striking cover photo) from that time period was due to students' work with the book, The Vietnam War: The Causes, events, and legacy, by P. Chrisp showcasing the 1st "televised war". It features many striking primary source images and quotes of people involved that reveal in all it's starkness what the Vietnam War was like. --Ms. Silberman