Question

What are two reasons why US president Dwight Eisenhower provided full support to the leader Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam?He was afraid that Diem's defeat would cause communism to spread to other parts of Asia.He was planning to declare war against North Vietnam and bring it under control of the US government.He did not want Chi Minh, a communist, to gain control of South Vietnam.He wanted to establish nuclear missile bases in South Vietnam with the help of Diem.He wanted to cause Chi Minh to declare war against South Vietnam.

Answer 1

The correct answers are A) He was afraid that Diem's defeat would cause communism to spread to other parts of Asia. and C) he did not want Chi Minh, a communist, to gain control of South Vietnam.

The two reasons why US president Dwight Eisenhower provided full support to the leader Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam were the following: He was afraid that Diem's defeat would cause communism to spread to other parts of Asia. and he did not want Chi Minh, a communist, to gain control of South Vietnam.

President Eisenhower avoided direct military intervention in Vietnam but was worried that Vietnam could become a Communist country that supported the Soviet Union. President Eisenhower decided to better support France army with supplies and money to fight Communism in Vietnam. Eisenhower also invested a lot of money in helping South Vietnam.

Answer 2

A and C are the correct answers.

Eisenhower laid out his belief in the 1950s that if one country fell to communism, other countries around that country would fall to communism as well.

Eisenhower supported Diem in So. Vietnam then because he didn't want Chi Minh, Vietnam's communist leader, to take control causing communism to spread further through Southeast Asia.