Explain why America became increasingly involved in the affairs of Vietnam between 1954 and 1965’

... Christian Hamilton-Smith Burnley Habergham High School History Syllabus B (Modern World History) Assignment 2 (Question 1) 'Explain why America became increasingly involved in the affairs of Vietnam between 1954 and 1965' In 1939, Vietnam was part of an area known as French Indo-China. French Indo-China consisted of three countries, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The French had added these countries to their empire in the 19th Century. Indo-China was home to 25 million people of which around 80 per cent of these lived in Vietnam. The French ruled Vietnam directly but the royal families of Laos and Cambodia ruled in these areas under French control. The people of Indo-China were unhappy due to French rule. The French imposed their language, laws and exploited their economic system. They also spread their religion amongst the people of Indo-China. The French suppressed the people with Catholicism, when their religion was of the Buddhist faith. Indo-China was an attractive

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