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Which is the primary reason why the U.S. directly got involved in the Vietnam War in the early 1960s?

The U.S. did not want China to takeover Vietnam


The U.S. did not want the Soviet Union to take over Vietnam


The U.S. needed to contain communism and not let South Vietnam and surrounding countries fall to communism.


The North Vietnamese attacked U.S. troops in South Vietnam.

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The U.S. needed to contain communism and not let South Vietnam and surrounding countries fall to communism.

The U.S. government saw its involvement in the war as a way to prevent communism.
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