Question: Should the US have gotten involved in the Vietnam War?

Format: Write the answer from two different perspectives: One answering the question yes; the other answering no. Each answer needs to have sufficient evidence to support the answer. By evidence, you will need to use primary sources; those are sources from the actual time period.



List of Primary Sources: (If you discover other sources, that is great. Just get my approval to make sure they will work.)

This is a site that has several different speeches from different presidents:

http://www.47ipsd.us/47vnwar.htm#lbj68

Dwight D. Eisenhowers Speeches:

http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/domino.html

http://www.vietnamwar.net/Eisenhower-3.htm

John F. Kennedys Speeches:

http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKPOF-135-015.aspx

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AkUGuFgXFC04aBy1bzSbAS6bvZx4?fr=yfp-t-250-s&toggle=1&fp=1&a

Question: Should the US have gotten involved in the Vietnam War?

Format: Write the answer from two different perspectives: One answering the question yes; the other answering no. Each answer needs to have sufficient evidence to support the answer. By evidence, you will need to use primary sources; those are sources from the actual time period.



List of Primary Sources: (If you discover other sources, that is great. Just get my approval to make sure they will work.)

This is a site that has several different speeches from different presidents:

http://www.47ipsd.us/47vnwar.htm#lbj68

Dwight D. Eisenhowers Speeches:

http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/domino.html

http://www.vietnamwar.net/Eisenhower-3.htm

John F. Kennedys Speeches:

http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKPOF-135-015.aspx

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AkUGuFgXFC04aBy1bzSbAS6bvZx4?fr=yfp-t-250-s&toggle=1&fp=1&a