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U7 Review- Vietnam War
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1
Where was the peace treaty between N Vietnam and S Vietnam negotiated?
Kyoto
Geneva
Versailles
Paris
2
Who was the only person convicted after the My Lai Massacre?
John McCain
John Kerry
Colin Powell
William Calley
3
How did US military leaders measure progress and success in Vietnam?
by the amount of ground captured from the NVA & Vietcong
by the number of bombs and ammunition used by the US
body count- number of enemy soldiers the US military killed
by the amount of support from Americans at home
4
Who reported there was no way to win in Vietnam after the Tet Offensive?
Ron Burgandy
John Oliver
Walter Cronkite
Barbara Walters
5
Who did President Nixon choose to negotiate a peace agreement with North Vietnam?
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
Spiro Agnew
Country Joe McDonald
6
What is the term for the loss of trust and belief in the presidency and government called?
governmental doubt
credibility gap
executive mistrust
government lies
7
What is the name of the South Vietnamese who supported Ho Chi Minh and the communist North?
Vietminh
NVA
Viet communists
Vietcong
8
What battle ended French colonial rule of Vietnam?
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Tet Offensive
The Battle of Khe Sanh
The Battle of Ho Chi Minh City
9
Outdoor music festival in New York in 1969 that celebrated the ideals of the counterculture
Motown
Woodstock
Burning Man
Coachella
10
Soldiers from what country committed the massacre at My Lai?
United States
South Vietnam
China
North Vietnam
11
T/F Nixon used massive B-52 bombing raids to force N. Vietnam to negotiate for peace.
False
True
12
What was the name of the bombing operation that began in 1965 and continued through 1968?
Operation Rolling Thunder
Christmas Bombings
"Bombing them back to the bargaining table"
Search and Destroy
13
What major NVA & Vietcong offensive in South Vietnam surprised Americans beginning on 1/30/68?
Tet Offensive
Saigon Offensive
Ho Chi Minh Offensive
New Year's Offensive
14
What year shaped America more than any other year during Vietnam?
1970
1965
1973
1968
15
What was Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos called while under French colonial rule?
French Mekong Basin
French India
French Indochina
French Guiana
16
What did the military use to move soldiers into battle during the Vietnam War?
Horses
Helicopters
Tanks
Planes
17
T/F Martin Luther King, Jr. fully supported Lyndon Johnson's handling of the Vietnam conflict.
True
False
18
What event prompted the US Congress to give Lyndon Johnson the power to wage war in Vietnam?
The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
The "attacks" on U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.
The assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam.
Soviet and Chinese support of Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam.
19
What religion was S. Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem?
Muslim
Catholic
Jewish
Buddhist
20
At which university did Anti-War protests result in deaths of four college students in 1970?
Harvard University in Massachusetts
University of California, Berkeley
Jackson State College in Mississippi
Kent State University in Ohio
21
What did some young men do to avoid the draft?
Burned their draft cards.
All of the above
Move to Canada.
Got a deferment.
22
When did Saigon fall to the NVA?
1972
1975
1974
1973
23
People who advocated for peace and American withdrawal from the Vietnam conflict were
Draft dodgers
Lambs
Doves
Hawks
24
Which art form had the most impact and inspired the counterculture?
Sculpture
Music
Dance
Drama
25
What is the name of the route the NVA used to move troops and supplies into South Vietnam?
Saigon Trail
Ia Drang Trail
Mekong Trail
Ho Chi Minh Trail
26
What was the term Nixon used to describe South Vietnamese taking over fighting in the conflict?
Vietnamization
Democratization
Militarization
Americanization
27
Who won the election of 1968?
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Lyndon Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
28
Which of the following contributed to the anti-war movement gaining momentum going into 1968?
communism
the assassination of JFK
military success
the draft
29
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?
Containment theory
Domino theory
China Syndrome
MAD theory
30
What country did Nixon visit to pressure N. Vietnam into negotiating an end to the conflict?
China
Cuba
North Vietnam
Canada
31
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
Ngo Deinh Diem
Le Duc Tho
Vo Nguyen Giap
Ho Chi Minh
32
What is happening in this photo?
Nixon explaining the need to invade Laos and Cambodia
Paris Peace Accords are being signed
Children were burned by napalm on accident
Buddhist monk protesting Diem's religious persecution
33
How did the US military attempt to take away the Vietcong's ability to hide in the jungle?
They used infrared satellites to find Vietcong in jungle.
They used agent orange to kill the plants in the jungle.
They used napalm to burn the jungle down.
Both napalm and agent orange were used for deforestation
34
What type of warfare did the Vietcong use during the Vietnam War?
archaic, stone-age warfare
hit-and-run guerrilla warfare
kung fu, blades and bows warfare
modern, mechanized warfare
35
People who supported the American's commitment to the Cold War against the communists were
Politicians
Hippies
Hawks
Doves
36
In what year did the US and North Vietnam agree to stop fighting in the Vietnam War?
1974
1972
1975
1973
37
Where was Vietnam divided, per the Geneva Accords?
West side
17th parallel
38th parallel
East side
38
T/F The Tet Offensive was a military victory for the US but a major political & cultural loss.
False
True
39
How old did one have to be to be drafted?
21
20
18
19
40
What did Ho Chi Minh want?
Vietnamese soverignty
Independence for Vietnam
Communist Vietnamese Empire
a united Vietnam
41
Why did the U.S. support French colonial rule of Vietnam after WWII?
the U.S. likes colonies, even French ones
the French promised to support American colonies
to stop Vietnam from becoming communist
China promised to stay out of Vietnam because of France
42
What happened to the American prisoners of war in 1973?
They were exchanged for NVA POWs and released.
They were executed.
They escaped from their prisons.
They were kept in captivity.
43
Where did a massacre occur in March of 1968, but wasn't reported to the public until 1969?
Da Nang
Saigon
Hue
My Lai
44
T/F Nixon authorized the secret bombing of NVA troops in Cambodia.
True
False
45
TRUE or FALSE. President JFK was planning to keep all Americans out of Vietnam.
False
True
