Which statement accurately describes a reason the United States intervened in Vietnam?






A.
American industries wanted to build new factories there and use cheap labor to make consumer goods.





B.
Many government officials believed that communism would spread from Vietnam to other Asian countries.





C.
The American public was outraged by Ho Chi Minh's persecution of ethic Chinese residents.





D.
President Johnson believed that Vietnam would become a base for Soviet missiles aimed at the U.S.