10th Euro Studies 5.26.15

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10th Euro Studies 5.26.15

• Turn in
• Nothing
• Take out
• Planner
• Notes
• Note-taking devices
• Todays Learning Objectives
• I can understand how the end of WWII contributed
  to an increased sense of tension between Allied
  nations.

• Todays Agenda
• Southeast Asia
• Background The French in Indochina
• Ho Chi Minh
• HW
• C/R/A 30.4 w/checkpoint questions

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Indochina European Influence

• A very long history of conflict, well before
  Europeans exerted their control over the area
• Khmer Empire (Cambodia)
• Laotian Empire (Laos)
• China controlled most of what became Vietnam
• The edicts of the emperor stop at the edge of
  the village.
• Local rule was the order of the land for
  centuries prior to the arrival of the French
• Most were literate and educated, women had many
  modern rights, and most were Buddhist.

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Indochina European Influence

• The French were very proud of their
  civilization, and saw it as a duty to spread it
  to other peoples that were, perhaps inferior
• People were taught French
• Missionaries converted people to Catholicism
• Resistance was met with force
• Favor was given to those that cooperated and
  embraced the French civilization.
• Laws mirrored Napoleonic Code
• Education was limited
• No real national identity

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Ho Chi Minh Bringer of Light

• Born in a small village in Vietnam
• Worked on French steam ship as a cook
• By end of WWI, living in France organizing
  immigrants to petition the Versailles Peace
  Conference for France to get out of Indochina.
• Inspired by Lenin, joins French Communist party,
  travels to Moscow, recruits, and continues his
  travels around the world.
• With defeat of the French in 1940 (WWII), he
  returns to Vietnam to push for independence.
• Becomes president of Democratic State of Vietnam
  (North Vietnam) in 1945
• Following WWII, pushing for Chinese and French
  withdrawalFrench cruiser fires upon city
  following a confrontation between Vietnamese and
  French soldiers
• First Indochina War 1946-1954

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Vietnam War 1965-1973 Domino! How does this
play into the Cold War?
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10th Euro Studies 5.26.15

• Turn in
• Nothing
• Take out
• Planner
• Notes
• Note-taking devices
• Todays Learning Objectives
• I can understand how the end of WWII contributed
  to an increased sense of tension between Allied
  nations.

• Todays Agenda
• Southeast Asia
• Background The French in Indochina
• Ho Chi Minh
• HW
• C/R/A 30.4 w/checkpoint questions