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1
What happened at My Lai?
Chemical defoliants made the area uninhabitable
American troops were ambushed by North Vietnamese
American troops massacred Vietnamese villagers
Viet Cong massacred several hundred Vietnamese villagers
2
The Pentagon Papers were most significant because:
revealed U.S. strategy in Vietnam
demonstrated mismanagement of the war
revealed the secret invasion of Cambodia
showed the government had not been honest about the war
3
The 1968 Tet Offensive:
brought an immediate end to the Vietnam War
was a military victory for the North Vietnamese forces
led to belief that the war was unwinnable
was depicted by media as a victory for U.S. forces
4
Vietnam was united as a single nation after the fall of which city?
Hanoi
My Lai
Hue
Saigon
5
Which of the following was generally
NOT
a popular reason for opposing the war in Vietnam?
belief the South Vietnamese government was corrupt
support for the North Vietnamese government
war was a Vietnamese civil war in which we had no business
believed the American draft system was unfair
6
Both JFK and the U.S. ambassador tacitly gave their support to the removal of which leader?
Ho Chi Minh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Le Duc Tho
Ngo Dinh Diem
7
The Ho Chi Minh Trail passed through which nation(s)?
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
all of them
8
What is one reason the U.S. decided to support France instead of the Vietnamese after WW2?
agreed with French right to rule
China becoming communist
U.S. public sympathized with French
Vietnamese betrayed us in WW2
9
What crucial promise convinced South Vietnam to sign a treaty with North Vietnam in 1973?
American promise to use nuclear weapons on North Vietnam
North Vietnam promise to remove troops from South Vietnam
promise that the U.S. would help if North Vietnam invaded
promise that the U.S. wouldhelp economically develop Vietnam
10
The theory that motivated the United States to fight in Vietnam was known as:
Vietnamization
“hearts and minds”
domino theory
containment
11
Where is the Gulf of Tonkin?
D
A
C
B
12
What major assassination happened in 1968?
both MLK and Bobby Kennedy
both JFK and MLK
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Robert Kennedy
13
Nixon’s plan to slowly replace American troops with South Vietnamese troops was known as?
Vietnamization
redeployment
draw-down
“strategic hamlets”
14
Who were the forces we supported in Vietnam during World War 2?
National Liberation Front
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Vietcong
Vietminh
15
Where is the Mekong Delta?
A
E
B
D
16
Which figure was a corrupt and ruthless leader of South Vietnam?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vo Nguyen Giap
Ho Chi Minh
Le Duc Tho
17
Who were the Viet Cong?
communist rebels in South Vietnam
South Vietnamese regular army
nationalist rebels fighting the French
North Vietnamese regular army
18
Where is Cambodia?
D
B
A
E
19
What happened at the 1968 Democratic Convention?
Robert Kennedy nominated
LBJ lost nomination
riots between police and protesters
shooting of four protesters by national guard
20
Some Americans questioned the fairness of the draft because:
only men between the ages of 18 and 26 were drafted
the government refused to draft African-Americans
college students could easily avoid it
it was the first time women were drafted
21
What was the difference between “hawks” and “doves?”
hawks supported the war,while doves wanted peace
hawks opposed the war, while doves supported it
hawks did not fight in the war, while doves did
hawks fought in the war,while doves did not
22
The majority of Vietnamese followed which religion?
Roman Catholic Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
Protestant Christianity
23
Given the different nature of the Vietnam War, how did U.S. generals try to measure success?
captured territory
areas cleared
body counts
shots fired
24
Just before World War II, Vietnam was a colony of which nation?
France
China
Japan
Great Britain
25
Americans who wanted to avoid the draft often fled to which nation?
France
Mexico
Great Britain
Canada
26
How did Americans try to secure the countryside of South Vietnam?
strategic hamlets
“hearts and minds”
“shock and awe”
“search and destroy” missions
27
What is Agent Orange?
jellied gasoline
a covert agent
a chemical defoliant (kills plants)
torture device
28
Which best describes the Geneva Conference in 1954?
Ended the Korean War
declared Vietnam communist
Gave control of Vietnam to the U.N.
temporarily divided Vietnam into North and South Vietnam
29
Belief that if Vietnam became communist, the rest of Southeast Asia would become communist?.
domino theory
brinksmanship
mutual assured destruction
containment
30
How did LBJ receive public and Congressional approval for a greater American role in Vietnam?
using “the treatment” on congressmen
a Congressional declaration of war
claimed North Vietnamese fired on US ship
offering to cut many of his social programs
31
Which best describes Operation Rolling Thunder?
an American effort to overthrow Ngo Dinh Diem
first large-scale American bombing campaign in North Vietnam
the code name given to a Vietnamese offensive in 1968
effort to rescue trapped French soldiers at Dien Bien Phu
32
Which religious minority held power in South Vietnam, included nearly all government officials?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Protestant Christianity
Roman Catholic Christianity
33
Why was the battle of Dien Bien Phu significant?
ended France’s hope of subduing the Vietnamese
first time Americans fought in Vietnam
highest American casualties of the war
French victory that made the war last another two years
34
True or false: from 65 to 67 we dropped more bombs on Vietnam than in all of World War II.
false
true
35
How did the North Vietnamese supply fighters in South Vietnam?
they couldn’t
Mekong River
transport ships
Ho Chi Minh Trail
36
Popular communist leader in North Vietnam, considered the father of Vietnamese independence.
Ho Chi Minh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Le Duc Tho
Ngo Dinh Diem
37
The student protest at Kent State University was in response to:
1968 Democratic convention
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
U.S. invasion of Cambodia
Tet Offensive
38
President Lyndon Johnson received authorization for the use of force in Vietnam through:
U.N. Security Council
Truman Doctrine
SEATO
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
39
Who won the election of 1968?
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy
40
What was supposed to happen in Vietnam in 1956?
elections for North and South Vietnamese governments
national elections to pick one leader for a united Vietnam
American troops were to leave
Vietnamese independence
41
What were Buddhist monks protesting when they protested by setting themselves on fire?
invasion of Cambodia
communism in North Vietnam
discrimination against Buddhists
American occupation of Hue
42
Which best describes President Kennedy’s policy in Vietnam?
gain the loyalty of the Viet Cong
increase the number of American military advisors
send 100,000 troops
strategic bombing
43
Under which President didCongress declare war on North Vietnam?
Kennedy
Nixon
Johnson
Congress never declared war on North Vietnam
44
Why couldn’t the United States send a massive number of troops to Vietnam to win the war?
didn’t have the manpower
that would have helped North Vietnam
feared the Soviet Union would get involved
feared China would then get involved
45
What was the “credibility gap?”
difference in honesty between the Johnson and Nixon
inability of Americans to take LBJ’s word regarding Vietnam
inability of Americans to believe South Vietnamese allies
loss of U.S. credibility if we lost in Vietnam
46
True or false: the War Powers Act of 1973 has never been recognized by any U.S. president.
false
true
