Biography of John Steinbeck John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902. He spent most of his life in Monterey County, which is the setting for much of his fiction.
President Truman agreed to aid Franceâs efforts to regain control over Vietnam because he Select one: a. supported the spread of colonialism. b. feared the spread of communism in Southeast.
The United States began to give extensive aid to the French in 1950, when, after the outbreak of the Korean War and the end of the Chinese civil war, American leaders believed that Communism was spreading throughout Asia. Thus, U.S. involvement in Vietnam was a direct result of the Cold War.