Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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1. When was Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam built?
2. What is the location?
3. What is the dissolved?
4. What was the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG)?
5. When was the PRG created and why?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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1. When was Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam built?June 8, 1969
2. What is the location?South Vietnam
3. What is the dissolved?July 2, 1976
4. What was the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG)?The PRG was a secret government set up in South Vietnam during the war. It was created to show people there was another choice besides the Saigon government. It worked with the Viet Cong and other groups to look like a united front.
5. When was the PRG created and why?It was created on June 8, 1969. North Vietnam started it to give South Vietnam a different, legitimate government and to weaken the U.S. support for Saigon.

Democratic Republic of Vietnam: The official state name for North Vietnam from 1945 to 1976.
Republic of Vietnam: The official state name for South Vietnam from 1955 to 1975.
National Liberation Front (NLF): A political organization in South Vietnam, often referred to as the Viet Cong, that fought against the South Vietnamese government and its allies.