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Contain the spread of communism in every region of the world.
Christine Seely
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Which of the following U.S. foreign policies was used to justify U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War?
The U.S. always putting their nose where it doesn't belong. They didn't want communism to take over from North to South Vietnam. Then the US lied about one of our boats being attacked which gave us the reason to turn from advisors to groud troops.
Why did president Johnson believed that it was important for the US to win in Vietnam?
He feared a communist takeover in Southeast Asia if the United States left Vietnam. He believed in the plausibility of the domino theory; that Communism would continue to spread if allowed to move unchecked throughout the world. His decided that it was less costly to escalate the war and get it over with. Unfortunately, he was wrong. Once the US was deeply into the war, he did not want to lose, knowing that it would weaken US prestige in the world and with the American people to give up without winning anything. He believed in the domino theory.
Why did America not support the Vietnam war?
President Johnson (the us president) had a a theory called the 'domino theory'. This was the fear of the spread of communism across other countries. So he sent America to war againt the communist government, of which they lost :(
What is domino affect?
The domino Effect is a phenomenon where a chain of consequences is created by a single event. As in a line of dominos, where 1 domino is struck, others fall as a consequence of the original action. As it pertains to the Vietnam war, the domino effect was the theory that the US government used to justify its intervention in Vietnam. The position of the pro-war, anti-communist advisers in the government was that if Vietnam was allowed to "fall" to communism, this would set off a 'domino effect' whereby first neighboring countries such as Laos, Cambodia and Thailand would fall into communist revolution, and by extension countries further afield would be overtaken as the global communist revolutionary movement gained momentum. According to this line of thinking, to stop communism in Vietnam was to stop the world from falling into communist control. This theory is disproved, as we know Communist North Vietnam defeated US forces, but this did not result in a domino effect of neighboring countries becoming communist.
What was Eisenhowers role in the Vietnam War?
He introduced the first US Military Advisers to the country, intelligence support and Air America.
When president Eisenhower spoke of the domino theory the US was involved in what war?
When President Eisenwoer spoke of the domino theory the US was involved in The Cold War.Ê The domino theory has been used to justify the need for American intervention world wide.
What was the US foreign policy focused on stopping?
Communism(domino theory)
The domino theory led the US to enter what war?
The Vietnam war
Which president used the domino theory to defend US support of France in Indochina?
Eisenhower apparently believed in the domino theory, at least to some extent. He took the first steps toward US involvement in Indochina.
Was the entry of the US into the Vietnam war justified?
The policy at the time was the Domino Theory, so in protection and practice of the theory, yes it was justified.
What did dominoes have to do with us involvement in Vietnam?
are you kidding. there was the domino theory but dominoes didn't cause a war
What action might the US have justified the domino theory?
The united states had supported France in Vietnam. With the defeat of the french, the United States saw a rising threat to the rest of Asia. President Eisenhower described this threat in terms of the domino theory.
What actions might the US have justified the domino theory?
The united states had supported France in Vietnam. With the defeat of the french, the United States saw a rising threat to the rest of Asia. President Eisenhower described this threat in terms of the domino theory.
What countries fell to domino theory?
The US was worried that if Vietnam fell to communism it would lead to a domino effect. It was believed that nearby countries would also become communist as a result.
How did the cold war influence us on Vietnam?
It became an example of the 'Domino Theory' .
Why did the US backed the French in their fight against ho chin minh?
It was all about democracy and the fear that if one country fell to communism, then all the neighboring countries would also fall. This is called the Domino Theory.
Because of the Domino Theory what kind of foreign policy did the US have?
The domino theory supported an interventionist foreign policy. The US feared to allow any single nation to become communist since that was expect to lead to a whole series of communist take overs. As it turns out, the domino theory was completely wrong. Vietnam did eventually become communist (and remains communist to this day, even after the fall of the Soviet Union) but no other countries became communist as a result, and indeed, global communism is almost extinct.
