The US Felt That It Could Avoid French Mistakes in Vietnam

question 15

Multiple Choice

The US felt that it could avoid French mistakes in Vietnam because

• A) The US was not a colonialist power, and therefore would not be resented
• B) The French were not sufficiently motivated by anticommunism
• C) The US had better ties to local Vietnamese leaders
• D) Ho Chi Minh had been a US ally during World War II

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