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What was President Kennedy's reason for initiating U.S. military involvement in Vietnam?

A) to protect French possessions in Indochina
B) to reunify North and South Vietnam as a democratic nation
C) to prevent the Vietcong from overthrowing the South Vietnamese government
D) to stop North Vietnam from spreading communism to Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand

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User Rex Kerr
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Answer:

Its C.

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User Ken Palmer
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The correct answer is D) to stop North Vietnam from spreading communism to Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand

They believed that if Vietnam became communist, then it would cause a domino effect in which all other SEA countries would adopt communism.
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