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1
What was the name of the Vietcong supply lines from North Vietnam and neighboring countries?
Line of Demarcation
Hawk
Ngo Dinh Diem Trail
Ho Chi Minh Trail
2
Who was President Johnson's Secretary of Defense who argued for escalation of the war?
Henry Kissinger
Robert McNamara
William Westmoreland
Robert Kennedy
3
Who was the U.S. Commander of operations in Vietnam who demanded more troops?
Henry Kissinger
Robert McNamara
William Westmoreland
Robert Kennedy
4
Who were the Viet Minh?
protesters who used protests to fight for Vietnamese rights
Vietnamese people who supported French rule
French soldiers who fought the Vietnamese
a group by Ho Chi Minh during WWII to resist the Japanese
5
The difference between President Johnson’s claims of winning and what was really happening?
credibility gap
propaganda
mind the gap
Burt Block is your Supreme Commander
6
What did Congress do with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
increased aid to South Vietnam
declared war on North Vietnam
committed to a limited war only
gave president Johnson full authority for the war
7
How did the Vietnam War finally end in 1975?
North Vietnam gained control over all of Vietnam.
Nixon signed a peace treaty with North Vietnam.
North Vietnam surrendered
U.S. forces invaded Cambodia.
8
Which of the following reignited student protests in 1970?
Johnson’s escalation of the war
Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia
the surrender of Saigon
the defeat of Eugene McCarthy
9
Where did the massacre of South Vietnamese civilians by US troops during the Vietnam War occur?
Saigon
the Tet Offensive
Mai Lai
Thailand
10
Who were people who opposed fighting the war on moral or religious grounds?
men of honor
conscientious objectors
freedom fighters
Viet Cong
11
What was President Nixon's policy of withdrawing American troops & replacing them w/Vietnamese?
vietnamization
non-proliferation
containment
massive retaliation
12
All the following were ways to avoid the draft EXCEPT
flee the country
medical exemptions
college deferment until 1971
work in a wartime factory
13
What did the Geneva Accords stipulate?
unifying elections would be held within two years
Vietnam would be permanently split along the 17th parallel
Ho Chi Minh would gain control of a unified Vietnam
the French would gain control of all of Vietnam
14
Who were the communist rebels in South Vietnam? (Also called the Vietcong)
National Liberation Front
ARVN
South Vietnamese Army
SDS
15
If one country in Indochina fell to communism, others would soon follow. What is this called?
HUAC
Containment Theory
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
16
Tensions between students who opposed the war and National Guardsmen resulted in four deaths at
“Ole Miss.”
Ohio State
Kent State
James Madison University
17
Because of the failure to succeed in Vietnam by 1968,
President Johnson was impeached.
President Johnson declined to run for re-election.
Vice President Nixon became president.
President Nixon resigned.
18
Which president escalated the war by attacking neighboring nations like Cambodia in the 1970s?
Nixon
Ford
Johnson
Reagan
19
Who are people who were for the war in Vietnam called? (pro-war)
Doves
SDS
The New Left
Hawks
20
After the Tet Offensive, the mainstream media began to
give less air time to antiwar protesters
give more air time to antiwar protesters
openly criticize the war effort
appeal to American patriotism to support the war effort
21
Who ruthlessly ruled South Vietnam until before his assassination in 1963?
Ngo Dinh Diem
National Liberation Front
John F. Kennedy
Ho Chi Minh
22
What was the a growing youth movement that pushed for huge social changes in the United States?
The Silent Majority
Hard Hats
The New Right
The New Left
23
What did some of Buddhist monks do to show their opposition to the President Diem?
held rallies in every major city in South Vietnam
attacked the capital of South Vietnam
assassinated President Diem
burn themselves to death (self-immolation)
24
What was President Nixon’s strategy in ending the war was called?
Peace with Honor
Peace. . in the Middle East!
Quick pull out
Win at all costs
25
All of the following events happened in 1968 EXCEPT
Robert Kennedy was assassinated
The Tet Offensive
President Johnson declared his re-election bid
Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated
26
Which best explains why the United States sent troops to fight in Vietnam?
They attacked Pearl Harbor
China invaded North Vietnam
The USSR built nuclear missiles in Vietnam
The Domino Theory
27
What was one criticism of the draft?
hippies were forced into combat service
it forced mostly poor whites, blacks and minorities into war
it forced college educated whites into war
only celebrities were exempt from serving in the military
28
The young organization that fought for civil rights, and against the Vietnam War and the draft
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Congress of Racial Equality
The Hard Hats
Students for a Democratic Society
29
Who was President Nixon’s National Security Advisor, lead advisor over Vietnam?
Robert McNamara
Henry Kissinger
Dean Rusk
Robert Kennedy
30
What was the South Vietnamese Army called?
National Liberation Front
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The VLC Media Army
Vietcong
31
What were two chemicals used by the U.S. in the jungles of Vietnam?
Napalm and Ricin
Agent Orange and Ricin
Ricin and Anthrax
Napalm and Agent Orange
32
What 1968 battle in Vietnam was a turning point in the war?
Mai Lai Massacre
Dien Bien Phu
Tet Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin
33
What was the bombing campaign of North Vietnam, started with President Johnson?
Tropic Thunder
Mission Complete
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Bombshell
34
Who was the leader of the pro-communist forces in Vietnam in the 1950s?
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
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Who was the leader of the pro-communist forces in Vietnam in the 1950s?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
Ho Chi Minh
