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.
1. America began sending aid to the French fighting in Vietnam and the rest of Indochina in the late 1940s. France was fighting Communist rebels led by Ho Chi Minh. It wasn't until Ho Chi Minh defeated the French in 1954 that America became officially involved in trying to defeat the Communists in Vietnam.