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1
Who won the election of 1968?
Gerald Ford
Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
2
What type of war was the US fighting in Vietnam?
offensive war
total war
defensive war
limited war
3
T/F Martin Luther King, Jr. fully supported Lyndon Johnson's handling of the Vietnam conflict.
True
False
4
How many Americans died in the Vietnam conflict?
58,220
300,000
2,500
150,000
5
What year shaped America more than any other year during Vietnam?
1973
1968
1965
1970
6
What major NVA & Vietcong offensive in South Vietnam surprised Americans beginning on 1/30/68?
New Year's Offensive
Tet Offensive
Saigon Offensive
Ho Chi Minh Offensive
7
What country did Nixon visit to pressure N. Vietnam into negotiating an end to the conflict?
North Vietnam
Cuba
Canada
China
8
Soldiers from what country committed the massacre at My Lai?
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
United States
China
9
T/F The anti-war movement began in 1968.
True
False
10
When did Saigon fall to the NVA?
1972
1973
1974
1975
11
How old did one have to be to be drafted?
19
18
20
21
12
Riots broke out during which political party's national convention in 1968?
Republican
Democrat
13
T/F In 1965 there were over 180,000 US troops in Vietnam, with that number doubling in 1966.
True
False
14
Where did a massacre occur in March of 1968, but wasn't reported to the public until 1969?
My Lai
Hue
Da Nang
Saigon
15
TRUE or FALSE. President JFK was planning to keep all Americans out of Vietnam.
True
False
16
What is the term for the loss of trust and belief in the presidency and government called?
governmental doubt
credibility gap
government lies
executive mistrust
17
What battle ended French colonial rule of Vietnam?
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Ho Chi Minh City
The Battle of Khe Sanh
The Tet Offensive
18
T/F President LBJ refused to allow a full-scale attack on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
True
False
19
What did the military use to move soldiers into battle during the Vietnam War?
Horses
Planes
Helicopters
Tanks
20
T/F The Paris Peace Accords of 1973 allowed the NVA to remain in South Vietnam.
True
False
21
Which of the following were assassinated in 1968?
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
22
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Le Duc Tho
Ngo Deinh Diem
Vo Nguyen Giap
23
Who did President Nixon choose to negotiate a peace agreement with North Vietnam?
Spiro Agnew
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
Country Joe McDonald
24
How many presidents had to deal with the Vietnam "issue"?
7
6
4
5
25
What was the name of the bombing operation that began in 1965 and continued through 1968?
Christmas Bombings
Operation Rolling Thunder
Search and Destroy
"Bombing them back to the bargaining table"
26
What did some young men do to avoid the draft?
Move to Canada.
Go to prison.
Burned their draft cards.
Got a deferment.
27
What happened to the American prisoners of war in 1973?
They were kept in captivity.
They escaped from their prisons.
They were executed.
They were exchanged for NVA POWs and released.
28
What is the name of the South Vietnamese who supported Ho Chi Minh and the communist North?
Vietminh
Viet communists
NVA
Vietcong
29
Approximately how much did the Vietnam War cost in 1975 dollars?
$17 Billion
$1.7 Trillion
$170 Billion
$17 Trillion
30
Where did the first major battle between the US Army and NVA take place?
Ia Drang Valley
Dien Bien Phu
Da Nang
Mekong Delta
31
T/F American reaction to the Tet Offensive was shock and dismay, changing many people's views.
False
True
32
What is the name of the route the NVA used to move troops and supplies into South Vietnam?
Mekong Trail
Saigon Trail
Ia Drang Trail
Ho Chi Minh Trail
33
How did US military leaders measure progress and success in Vietnam?
by the number of enemy soldiers the US military killed
by the number of bombs and ammunition used by the US
by the amount of support from Americans at home
by the amount of ground captured from the NVA & Vietcong
34
Why did the U.S. support French colonial rule of Vietnam after WWII?
to stop Vietnam from becoming communist
the U.S. likes colonies, even French ones
the French promised to support American colonies
China promised to stay out of Vietnam because of France
35
T/F President Johnson knew that the second attack in the Gulf of Tonkin never took place.
True
False
36
Which of the following contributed to the anti-war movement gaining momentum going into 1968?
communism
the assassination of JFK
military success
the draft
37
Which of the following countries did not colonize, invade, nor attack Vietnam?
India
Japan
France
China
38
T/F The Ia Drang valley was the only "traditional" military battle of the Vietnam War.
True
False
39
Which of the following best describes how some Americans felt about the My Lai massacre?
The actions of a few do not represent all soldiers.
Anti-war protesters called Vietnam veterans "baby-killers."
The news of the massacre increased anti-war sentiment.
Americans didn't know about My Lai.
40
How did the US military attempt to take away the Vietcong's ability to hide in the jungle?
They used agent orange to kill the plants in the jungle.
They used lumberjacks to cut down the jungle.
They used infrared satellites to find Vietcong in jungle.
They used napalm to burn the jungle down.
41
What event prompted the US Congress to give Lyndon Johnson the power to wage war in Vietnam?
Soviet and Chinese support of Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
The assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam.
The "attacks" on U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.
42
Which of the following ran for president in 1968?
Hubert Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
43
Which of these is an example of the kind of traps US troops had to watch out for in Vietnam?
pikes
punji spikes
panzers
pointy pits
44
According to MLK, what was the amount of money the US spent killing enemies in Vietnam?
$322,000
$530,000
$32,000
$53
45
What was Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos called while under French colonial rule?
French Guiana
French Mekong Basin
French India
French Indochina
46
What was the term Nixon used to describe South Vietnamese taking over fighting in the conflict?
Americanization
Vietnamization
Militarization
Democratization
47
In what year did the US and North Vietnam agree to stop fighting in the Vietnam War?
1973
1975
1974
1972
48
T/F The Tet Offensive was a military victory for the US but a major political & cultural loss.
True
False
49
What did Ho Chi Minh want?
a united Vietnam
Independence for Vietnam
Communist Vietnamese Empire
Vietnamese soverignty
50
T/F Nixon used massive B-52 bombing raids to force N. Vietnam to negotiate for peace.
True
False
51
At which university did Anti-War protests result in deaths of four college students in 1970?
University of California, Berkeley
Harvard University in Massachusetts
Jackson State College in Mississippi
Kent State University in Ohio
52
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?
China Syndrome
Containment theory
Domino theory
MAD theory
53
T/F Nixon authorized the secret bombing of NVA troops in Cambodia.
True
False
54
About how many South Vietnamese cities, towns & villages were attacked during in Tet Offensive?
10
25
35
100
55
What type of warfare did the Vietcong use during the Vietnam War?
archaic, stone-age warfare
kung fu, blades and bows warfare
hit-and-run guerrilla warfare
modern, mechanized warfare
