What was President Kennedy's reason for initiating U. S. military involvement in Vietnam?

A) to protect French possessions in Indochina

B) to reunify North and South Vietnam as a democratic nation

C) to prevent the Vietcong from overthrowing the South Vietnamese government

D) to stop North Vietnam from spreading communism to Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand

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Sergio Walter

8 May, 16:10

What was President Kennedy's reason for initiating U. S. military involvement in Vietnam?

A) to protect French possessions in Indochina

B) to reunify North and South Vietnam as a democratic nation

C) to prevent the Vietcong from overthrowing the South Vietnamese government

D) to stop North Vietnam from spreading communism to Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand

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Malachi House · Answer 1

The correct answer is D) to stop North Vietnam from spreading communism to Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand

They believed that if Vietnam became communist, then it would cause a domino effect in which all other SEA countries would adopt communism.