The Second Indochina War (aka the Vietnam War) began as a conflict between the South Vietnamese army and government, and the communist Viet Cong. The United States publicly supported the South Vietnamese government but didn't want to join the war unless absolutely necessary.
Before the Revolution
France was a monarchy ruled by the king. The king had total power over the government and the people. The people of France were divided into three social classes called "estates." The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate was the nobles, and the Third Estate was the commoners. (google)
Construction of new homes fell is the statement that is not true of the U.S. economy in the late 1920s.
The us and japan became allies and trading partners