Multiple choice

Decolonization in Vietnam & Algeria was similar because

  1. both were able to negotiate their independence

  2. there was an armed struggle for resistance in both

  3. both were proxy wars of the larger Cold War

  4. both smoothly transitioned into democracies
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Both Vietnam and Algeria experienced long, violent wars of independence against colonial powers (France) that were unwilling to grant independence through peaceful negotiation.

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